HONK
Dictionary entry overview: What does honk mean?
• HONK (noun)
The noun HONK has 1 sense:
1. the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
Familiarity information: HONK used as a noun is very rare.
• HONK (verb)
The verb HONK has 4 senses:
1. make a loud noise
2. use the horn of a car
3. cry like a goose
4. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Familiarity information: HONK used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HONK (noun)
Meaning:
The cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("honk" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
• HONK (verb)
Meaning:
Make a loud noise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
beep; claxon; honk; toot; blare
Context example:
The horns of the taxis blared
Hypernyms (to "honk" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "honk"):
tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Use the horn of a car
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
honk; claxon
Hypernyms (to "honk" is one way to...):
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cry like a goose
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cronk; honk
Context example:
The geese were honking
Hypernyms (to "honk" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
retch; regorge; throw up; puke; upchuck; vomit; vomit up; be sick; barf; sick; disgorge; cat; spue; spew; regurgitate; honk; chuck; purge; cast
Context examples:
After drinking too much, the students vomited / He purged continuously / The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Hypernyms (to "honk" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
