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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.
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Honk

Honk\, n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zo["o]l.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : honk
Spanish: graznido; bocinazo,
German: der Wildgansschrei, das Hupsignal,
Japanese: 警笛の音など
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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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