honk

See also: Honk and hönk

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒŋk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑŋk/
• 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 loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
3. (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.
4. (slang) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
5. (slang) To have a bad smell.
6. (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

Translations

to use a car horn

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘟嘟響／嘟嘟响 (zh), 嘟嘟响 (zh) (dūdū xiǎng)

• Finnish: töötätä (fi), soittaa torvea
• French: klaxonner (fr)
• German: hupen (de), tuten (de)
• Hungarian: dudál (hu)
• Italian: suonare il clacson
• Japanese: なく (ja)
• Korean: 경적을 울리다 (gyeongjeogeul ullida)
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• Mongolian: чагнаалдах (mn) (čagnaaldax)
• Norwegian: tute
• Polish: trąbić (pl)
• Portuguese: buzinar (pt)
• Russian: гуде́ть (ru) (gudétʹ), сигна́лить (ru) (signálitʹ)
• Swedish: tuta (sv), signalera (sv)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Westrobothnian: ,

to honk like a goose

• Bulgarian: крякам (bg) (krjakam)
• Finnish: toitottaa (fi)
• German: schnattern (de)
• Hungarian: gágog (hu)
• Japanese: 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku)
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• Norwegian: gakke
• Polish: gęgać (pl)
• Portuguese: grasnar (pt)
• Russian: гогота́ть (ru) (gogotátʹ)

Noun

honk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)

1. The sound produced by a typical car horn.
2. The cry of a goose.
3. (informal) A bad smell.

Translations

the sound produced by a typical car horn

• Bulgarian: сигнал на кллаксон m (signal na kllakson)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: tööttäys
• French: klaxon (fr) m
• Mongolian: яндангийн дуу (jandangiin duu)
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• Portuguese: buzina (pt)
• Russian: гудо́к (ru) m (gudók), клаксо́н (ru) m (klaksón), сигна́л (ru) m (signál)
• Swedish: tut (sv) n
• Tagalog: pugak
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the cry of a goose

• Bulgarian: крякане n (krjakane)
• Finnish: toitotus (fi)
• German: gack
• Hungarian: gá
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• Norwegian: gakk, rapp
• Portuguese: grasno (pt) m
• Russian: га-га-га́ (ga-ga-gá)
• Tagalog: kakak

Interjection

honk

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

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: պիբիբ (pibib)
• Russian: би (ru) (bi), бип (bip)
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Etymology 2

Noun

honk (plural honks)

1. Clipping of honky.

Anagrams

• Kohn, khon

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔŋk/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: honk
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Noun

honk n (plural honken, diminutive honkje n)

1. (somewhat rare) home, place where one belongs, shelter
2. (games) base (safe zone)

Synonyms

• (home): thuis, heem

Derived terms

• honkbal
• honkvast
• krachthonk