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honk

  [hongk, hawngk]
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–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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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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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