honk
- the cry of a goose.
- any similar sound, as of an automobile horn.
- to emit a honk.
- to cause an automobile horn to sound: He drove up in front of the house and honked.
- to cause (an automobile horn) to sound: The driver honked his horn impatiently.
Origin of honk
Examples from the Web for honking
Contemporary Examples of honking
If a goal is scored, the streets reverberate with cheers and honking horns.
Honking horns in a mall parking lot as we search for the last available spot.
Oh, and there was this big, honking WAR in there, where we picked up all those refugees from Europe.
He believed students were taunting him, driving by his home at all hours of the night and honking a car horn.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s SuicideCory MacLauchlin
December 17, 2012
People took to the darkened streets for the first time in weeks, honking horns and hooting.
Historical Examples of honking
Here was the poet, disturbed by the honking hustle of passing cars.
Free AirSinclair Lewis
Motors were flashing and honking below and over on Fifth Avenue.
Black OxenGertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
They heard it in the honking of the first flock of wild geese.
Johnny LongbowRoy J. Snell
Once they raced for a few miles with a honking wedge of wild geese.
White FireRoy J. Snell
A honking, a shout, the motor engine raced before it was shut off.
Main StreetSinclair Lewis
honk
- a representation of the sound made by a goose
- any sound resembling this, esp a motor horn
- British and Australian slang a bad smell
- to make or cause (something) to make such a sound
- (intr) British a slang word for vomit
- British and Australian slang to have a bad smell
Word Origin and History for honking
honk
cry of a goose, 1814, American English, imitative. As a verb by 1854, of geese; the sense of "sound a horn," especially on an automobile, first recorded 1895 in American English. Related: Honked; honking.