(countable, uncountable) The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform. 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424:
(countable, uncountable) The cry of a goose or similar bird.
(Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable) A bad smell.
nl gegaggel (the cry of a goose) · fr cacardement (the cry of a goose) · ru клаксо́н (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · no gakk (the cry of a goose) · ca nyec (the cry of a goose) · pt grasno (the cry of a goose) · nl getoeter (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · bg сигнал на кллаксон (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · nl gesnater (the cry of a goose) · cmn 嘟嘟聲 /嘟嘟声 (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · fi toitotus (the cry of a goose) · mn яндангийн дуу (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · tl pugak (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · pt buzina (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · cmn 嘟 (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · de gack (the cry of a goose) · ru гудо́к (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · hu gá (the cry of a goose) · gd ràc (the cry of a goose) · tl kakak (the cry of a goose) · nl gekwaak (the cry of a goose) · bg крякане (the cry of a goose) · cy clegar (the cry of a goose) · cmn 嘟嘟 (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · fr klaxon (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · no rapp (the cry of a goose) · ru сигна́л (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · fi tööttäys (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · sv tut (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · vi tiếng còi xe (the sound produced by a typical car horn) · ru га-га-га́ (the cry of a goose) · cmn 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (the sound produced by a typical car horn)
nl gaggelen (to honk like a goose) · fi toitottaa (to honk like a goose) · pt grasnar (to honk like a goose) · pl trąbić (to use a car horn) · de tuten (to use a car horn) · no tute (to use a car horn) · it suonare il clacson (to use a car horn) · id membunyikan klakson (to use a car horn) · nl kwaken (to honk like a goose) · ca tocar la botzina (to use a car horn) · es tocar la bocina (to use a car horn) · ro claxona (to use a car horn) · ru сигна́лить (to use a car horn) · ru гуде́ть (to use a car horn) · ko 경적을 울리다 (to use a car horn) · ms mengehon (to use a car horn) · nl toeteren (to use a car horn) · acw طَوَّط (to use a car horn) · de hupen (to use a car horn) · es bocinear (to use a car horn) · es fotutear (to use a car horn) · hu dudál (to use a car horn) · ja 鳴く (to honk like a goose) · es pitar (to use a car horn) · eo hupi (to use a car horn) · vi bóp còi (to use a car horn) · fi töötätä (to use a car horn) · tl bumusina (to use a car horn) · ru биби́кать (to use a car horn) · ajp زمّر (to use a car horn) · es dar un bocinazo (to use a car horn) · hu gágog (to honk like a goose) · fi soittaa torvea (to use a car horn) · cmn 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (to use a car horn) · fr klaxonner (to use a car horn) · el κορνάρω (to use a car horn) · fr cacarder (to honk like a goose) · ru гогота́ть (to honk like a goose) · sv signalera (to use a car horn) · ca pitar (to use a car horn) · pl gęgać (to honk like a goose) · nl snateren (to honk like a goose) · nl trompen (to use a car horn) · pt buzinar (to use a car horn) · it starnazzare (to honk like a goose) · he צָפַר (to use a car horn) · tr korna çalmak (to use a car horn) · bg крякам (to honk like a goose) · nl claxonneren (to use a car horn) · it clacsonare (to use a car horn) · es tocar el claxon (to use a car horn) · tl businahan (to use a car horn) · sv tuta (to use a car horn) · es bocinar (to use a car horn) · de schnattern (to honk like a goose) · mn чагнаалдах (to use a car horn) · ca tocar el clàxon (to use a car horn) · cy clegar (to honk like a goose) · ja なく (to use a car horn) · no gakke (to honk like a goose) · ba ҡаңғылдау (to honk like a goose) · ca cuclejar (to honk like a goose)
honk en · NOUN · etymology 2
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of honky.