honk

English

Etymology

(onomatopoeia)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Verb

honk (third-person singular simple present honks, present participle honking, simple past and past participle honked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

   They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.

2. (intransitive) To make a sound like a car horn.
3. (intransitive) To make the sound of a goose.

   "Honk!" she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.

4. (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.

Translations

to use a car horn

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘟嘟響 (cmn), 嘟嘟响 (cmn) (dūdū xiǎng)

• Finnish: töötätä (fi), soittaa torvea (fi)
• French: klaxonner (fr)
• German: hupen (de), tuten (de)

• Hungarian: dudál (hu)
• Norwegian: tute (no)
• Portuguese: buzinar (pt)
• Russian: гудеть (ru) (gudétʹ), сигналить (ru) (signálitʹ)
• Swedish: tuta (sv)

to honk like a goose

• Finnish: toitottaa (fi)
• German: schnattern (de)
• Hungarian: gágog (hu)
• Japanese: 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku)

• Norwegian: gakke
• Portuguese: grasnar (pt)
• Russian: гоготать (ru) (gogotátʹ)

Noun

honk (plural honks)

1. The sound produced by a typical car horn.
2. The cry of a goose.

Translations

the sound produced by a typical car horn

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘟嘟響 (cmn), 嘟嘟响 (cmn) (dūdū xiǎng), 嘟嘟聲 (cmn), 嘟嘟声 (cmn) (dūdū shēng), 嘟 (cmn) (dū), 嘟嘟 (cmn) (dūdū)

• Finnish: tööttäys (fi)

• French: klaxon (fr) m
• Portuguese: buzina (pt)
• Russian: гудок (ru) (gudók) m, клаксон (ru) (klaksón) m, сигнал (ru) (signál) m

the cry of a goose

• Finnish: toitotus (fi)
• German: gack (de)
• Hungarian: gá (hu)

• Norwegian: gakk (no), rapp (no)
• Portuguese: grasno (pt) m
• Russian: га-га-га (ru) (ga-ga-gá)

Interjection

honk

1. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.