Standard Lemma guide

honk

intj · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɒŋk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /hɑŋk/
  • General-American: /hɔŋk/
  • rhymes with -ɒŋk
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AO1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The cry of a goose or similar bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bad smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stink, pong

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Clipping of honky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To use a car horn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To make the vocal sound of a goose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To vomit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To have a bad smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stink, pong

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • She honked my titties.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cry

13

verb

Meaning 13

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • After drinking too much, the students vomited
  • He purged continuously
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, regurgitate, throw up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

14

verb

Meaning 14

cry like a goose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The geese were honking

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cronk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose

15

verb

Meaning 15

use the horn of a car

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: claxon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make noise, resound, noise

16

verb

Meaning 16

make a loud noise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The horns of the taxis blared

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blare, beep, claxon, toot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

Narrower terms: tootle

History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պիբիբ (pibib) — Translations
  • Dutch: toet — Translations
  • Russian: би (bi) — Translations
  • Russian: бип (bip) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: сигнал на кллаксон (signal na kllakson) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (dūdū xiǎng) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘟嘟聲 /嘟嘟声 (dūdū shēng) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘟 (dū) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘟嘟 (dūdū) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Dutch: getoeter — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Finnish: tööttäys — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • French: klaxon — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Mongolian: яндангийн дуу (jandangiin duu) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Portuguese: buzina — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Russian: гудо́к (gudók) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Russian: клаксо́н (klaksón) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Russian: сигна́л (signál) — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Swedish: tut — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Tagalog: pugak — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Vietnamese: tiếng còi xe — the sound produced by a typical car horn
  • Bulgarian: крякане (krjakane) — the cry of a goose
  • Catalan: nyec — the cry of a goose
  • Dutch: gesnater — the cry of a goose
  • Dutch: gekwaak — the cry of a goose
  • Dutch: gegaggel — the cry of a goose
  • Finnish: toitotus — the cry of a goose
  • French: cacardement — the cry of a goose
  • German: gack — the cry of a goose
  • Hungarian: gá — the cry of a goose
  • Norwegian: gakk — the cry of a goose
  • Norwegian: rapp — the cry of a goose
  • Portuguese: grasno — the cry of a goose
  • Russian: га-га-га́ (ga-ga-gá) — the cry of a goose
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràc — the cry of a goose
  • Tagalog: kakak — the cry of a goose
  • Welsh: clegar — the cry of a goose
  • Arabic: طَوَّط (ṭawwaṭ) — to use a car horn
  • Arabic: زمّر (zammar) — to use a car horn
  • Catalan: tocar la botzina — to use a car horn
  • Catalan: tocar el clàxon — to use a car horn
  • Catalan: pitar — to use a car horn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (dūdū xiǎng) — to use a car horn
  • Dutch: toeteren — to use a car horn
  • Dutch: claxonneren — to use a car horn
  • Dutch: trompen — to use a car horn
  • Esperanto: hupi — to use a car horn
  • Finnish: töötätä — to use a car horn
  • Finnish: soittaa torvea — to use a car horn
  • French: klaxonner — to use a car horn
  • German: hupen — to use a car horn
  • German: tuten — to use a car horn
  • Greek: κορνάρω (kornáro) — to use a car horn
  • Hebrew: צָפַר (tzafár) — to use a car horn
  • Hungarian: dudál — to use a car horn
  • Indonesian: membunyikan klakson — to use a car horn
  • Italian: suonare il clacson — to use a car horn
  • Italian: clacsonare — to use a car horn
  • Japanese: なく — to use a car horn
  • Korean: 경적을 울리다 (gyeongjeogeul ullida) — to use a car horn
  • Malay: mengehon — to use a car horn
  • Mongolian: чагнаалдах (čagnaaldax) — to use a car horn
  • Norwegian: tute — to use a car horn
  • Polish: trąbić — to use a car horn
  • Portuguese: buzinar — to use a car horn
  • Romanian: claxona — to use a car horn
  • Russian: гуде́ть (gudétʹ) — to use a car horn
  • Russian: сигна́лить (signálitʹ) — to use a car horn
  • Russian: биби́кать (bibíkatʹ) — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: pitar — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: tocar la bocina — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: tocar el claxon — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: dar un bocinazo — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: fotutear — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: bocinear — to use a car horn
  • Spanish: bocinar — to use a car horn
  • Swedish: tuta — to use a car horn
  • Swedish: signalera — to use a car horn
  • Tagalog: bumusina — to use a car horn
  • Tagalog: businahan — to use a car horn
  • Turkish: korna çalmak — to use a car horn
  • Vietnamese: bóp còi — to use a car horn
  • Bashkir: ҡаңғылдау (qañğıldaw) — to honk like a goose
  • Bulgarian: крякам (krjakam) — to honk like a goose
  • Catalan: cuclejar — to honk like a goose
  • Dutch: gaggelen — to honk like a goose
  • Dutch: snateren — to honk like a goose
  • Dutch: kwaken — to honk like a goose
  • Finnish: toitottaa — to honk like a goose
  • French: cacarder — to honk like a goose
  • German: schnattern — to honk like a goose
  • Hungarian: gágog — to honk like a goose
  • Italian: starnazzare — to honk like a goose
  • Japanese: 鳴く (naku) — to honk like a goose
  • Norwegian: gakke — to honk like a goose
  • Polish: gęgać — to honk like a goose
  • Portuguese: grasnar — to honk like a goose
  • Russian: гогота́ть (gogotátʹ) — to honk like a goose
  • Welsh: clegar — to honk like a goose