honk

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
honk
    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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zool.)
   The cry of a wild goose. -- {Honk"ing}, n.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n.
   1. To make a sound like the honk of a goose.
      [PJC]

   2. Specifically: To sound the horn on an automobile or other
      motor vehicle.
      [PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "honk":
      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

    

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