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honk

  [hongk, hawngk]
Use Honking in a Sentence
–noun
1. the cry of a goose.
2. any similar sound, as of an automobile horn.
–verb (used without object)
3. to emit a honk.
4. to cause an automobile horn to sound: He drove up in front of the house and honked.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cause (an automobile horn) to sound: The driver honked his horn impatiently.
Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism; imit.
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honk   (hôngk, hŏngk)   
n.  

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

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

    2. 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.

[Imitative.]
honk'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
honk

  1. n.
    a drinking spree; a toot. : Jed's last honk lasted nearly a week.
  2. n.
    a white male; a honky. (Black. Not necessarily derogatory.) : There are mainly honks where I work.
  3. in.
    to vomit. (Onomatopoetic.) : I can hear someone in the john honking like mad.
  4. tv.
    to vomit something. : He honked up his whole pizza.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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honking

  1. mod.
    huge. : She showed up with this great, honking jock who keep eating with his hands!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

honk 
1843, of the cry of a pig, 1854 of geese (first recorded in Thoreau), Amer.Eng., imitative. The verb sense of "sound a horn," especially on an automobile, first recorded 1895 in Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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