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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) v
1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot]
2: use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon]
3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk, cronk]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1835 intransitive verb 1. to make the characteristic cry of a goose 2. to make a sound resembling the cry of a goose transitive verb to cause (as a horn) to honk II. noun Date: 1854 the characteristic cry of a goose; also a similar sound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the cry of a wild goose. 2 the harsh sound of a car horn. --v. 1 intr. emit or give a honk. 2 tr. cause to do this. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Honk Honk, n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zo["o]l.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(honks, honking, honked) If you honk the horn of a vehicle or if the horn honks, you make the horn produce a short loud sound. Drivers honked their horns in solidarity with the peace marchers... Horns honk. An angry motorist shouts. = hoot VERB: V n, V • Honk is also a noun. She pulled to the right with a honk. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow the horn, bray, bugle, cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, clarion, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, fanfare, flourish of trumpets, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, hoo, hoot, peal, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, shriek, sing, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, squawk, squeal, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, toot, tootle, trill, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistle, wind