Verb: honk hóngk
- Use the horn of a car
"The impatient driver honked at the slow traffic";
- claxon, parp [informal], klaxon
- Make a strident noise
"The horns of the taxis honked";
- blare, beep, claxon, toot, parp [informal], klaxon
- Cry like a goose
"The geese were honking";
- cronk
- [Brit, informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students honked";
- vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
- The cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
"The honk of geese filled the air as they migrated south"
- The sound from a car horn
"A loud honk startled the pedestrians"
Derived forms: honked, honks, honking
Type of: cry, egest, eliminate, emit, excrete, go, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, pass, resound, sound, utter
Encyclopedia: Honk, the Moose