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honk  (hôngk, hngk)

n.

1. The raucous, resonant sound characteristic of a wild goose.

2.

a. A sound similar to a goose's honk: blew a loud honk on the bass saxophone.

b. The blaring sound of the horn on a motor vehicle.

v. honked, honk·ing, honks

v.intr.

To emit a honk.

v.tr.

To cause (a horn) to produce a honk.

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honker n.

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honker [ˈhɒŋkə]

n

1. a person or thing that honks

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Canadian an informal name for the Canada goose

3. Slang a nose, esp a large nose

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	honker - a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound; "the honker was fined for disturbing the peace" driver - the operator of a motor vehicle
	2.	honker - informal terms for the nose schnoz, schnozzle, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, beak nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
	3.	honker - common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks Branta, genus Branta - wild geese