honk

honk

 (hôngk, hŏngk)

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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[Imitative.]

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honk′er n.

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honk

(hɒŋk)

n

1. a representation of the sound made by a goose

2. any sound resembling this, esp a motor horn

3. slang Brit and Austral a bad smell

vb

4. to make or cause (something) to make such a sound

5. (intr) Brit a slang word for vomit

6. slang Brit and Austral to have a bad smell

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honk

(hɒŋk, hɔŋk)
n.

1. the cry of a goose.

2. any similar sound, as of an automobile horn.

v.i.

3. to emit a honk.

4. to cause an automobile horn to sound.

v.t.

5. to cause (an automobile horn) to sound.

[1790–1800, Amer.; imitative]

honk′er, n.

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honk

Past participle: honked
Gerund: honking

Imperative

honk

honk

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	honk - the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	honk - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" beep, claxon, toot, blare sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" tootle - play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody"
	2.	honk - use the horn of a car claxon make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise
	3.	honk - cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" cronk let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	4.	honk - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, spue, cat, spew, chuck, regurgitate, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

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Translations

قاقَة الأوزيُطْلِقُ بوق السيّارَه

gagagahoukattú tú

dytdyttetruttrutte

gackhupenHupsignalschreienWildgansschrei

κορνάρω

klaxonnercri de l'oieklaxon

dudálgágágogvadlibagágogás

flauta; gargagarg; flaut

starnazzarestarnazzatasuonaresuonare il clacsonsuono di clacson

gagenimasgagentisignalasspausti

kliedzienskliegttaurēšanataurēt

tutetut

бибикатьга-га-га

gá-gátú-tú

trobiti

tuta

kaz sesiklakson çalmakklakson sesi

按喇叭汽车喇叭声雁叫声

honk

[hɒŋk]

A. VI [driver] → tocar la bocina, tocar el claxon (LAm); [goose] → graznar

B. N [of goose] → graznido m; [of horn] → bocinazo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

honk

[ˈhɒŋk]

n [car horn] → coup m de klaxon

vi [driver] → klaxonner

vt
to honk one's horn [driver] → klaxonnerhonky-tonk [ˈhɒŋkitɒŋk] n

(US) (= bar, club) → bastringue m

(= music) → musique f de bastringue

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

honk

n (of car) → Hupen nt; (of goose etc) → Schrei m

interj honk honk → tut, tut, tüt, tüt

vi

(car) → hupen, tuten

(geese) → schreien

(inf: = stink) → stinken

vt horn → drücken auf (+acc)

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honk

[hɒŋk]

1. vi (car) → suonare il clacson; (goose) → schiamazzare

2. n (of horn) → colpo di clacson

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honk

(hoŋk) noun

(a sound like) the cry of a goose or the sound of a motor-car horn. getoeter قاقَة الأوز крясък buzinada gagaga; tú tú der Wildgansschrei, das Hupsignal trut; dyt κραυγή αγριόχηνας, κορνάρισμα graznido; bocinazo prääksatus, tuututus صدائي شبيه به صدای غاز kaakatus, tööttäys cri; coup de klaxon קרקור, געגוע हंस के काव काव करने की या कार के हार्न की आवाज glasanje divlje guske; zvuk automobilske trube vadlibagágogás; dudálás bunyi klakson garg; (bíl)flaut (richiamo dell'oca); (colpo di clacson) 警笛の音など 기러기의 울음소리, 자동차의 경적 소리 gagenimas, (mašinos) signalas (meža zoss) kliedziens; (automašīnas) taurēšana bunyi pon toetertut krzyk gęsi, dźwięk klaksonu ګازته ورته غږ buzinada gâgâit; claxon крик диких гусеи; гудок автомобиля gá-gá, tú-tú klic divje gosi; hupanje trubljenje snatter, tut เสียงห่านร้อง kaz sesi, klakson sesi 鵝叫聲，汽車喇叭聲 крик диких гусей جنگلی بطخ یا گاڑی کے ہارن جیسی آواز tiếng kêu của ngỗng trời; tiếng còi 雁叫声，汽车喇叭声

verb

to make such a noise. Don't honk that horn any more – you'll disturb the neighbours. snater, toet يُطْلِقُ بوق السيّارَه кряскам buzinar houkat hupen, schreien trutte; dytte βγάζω κραυγή αγριόχηνας, κορνάρωgraznar; tocar la bocina tuututama صدای غاز درآوردن kaakattaa, töötätä klaxonner לִצפּוֹר भौंपू बजाना gakati; trubiti dudál menglakson flauta; garga suonare; gridare 鳴らす 경적을 울리다 gagenti, spausti (signalą) (par meža zosīm) kliegt; (par automašīnu) taurēt membunyikan hon toeterentutetrąbić د ګاز غږ مینځته راوړل buzinar a claxona гудеть húkať hupati trubiti snattra, tuta ห่านร้อง klakson çalmak 按喇叭 кричати ایسی آواز نکالنا kêu (ngỗng), bóp còi 按喇叭

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