honk

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

verb

  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.
    She honked my titties.

noun

  1. The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
    The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform. 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424
  2. The cry of a goose or similar bird.
  3. (slang) A bad smell.

intj

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

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Clipping of honky.

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