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hon

/hʌn/

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Ireland/hʊn/

hon noun: a term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart. Also the alternative form of hoon.

Noun (1)

hon

  1. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
    • Hey, hon! How was your day at work?
    1. (Southern US) A friendly term of address.

Interjection (1)

IPA/hɔ̃/

  1. (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.
    • Hon hon hon, oui oui baguette!
    • She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! Hon hon hon!1981 June 12, History of the World, Part I, Mel Brooks (actor)

Interjection (2)

Ireland/hmɒn/

  1. (Ireland, slang) ; (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo.
    • “Hon the Banner!” is the single-minded mantra being roared everywhere else.2013 September 9, Rosita Boland, “Feelings of relief and anti-climax in Ennis car park”, in The Irish Times
    • We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM

Noun (2)

hon (plural hons)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman.
    • This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon.
    • If you didn't experience that you'll end up one of those ugly SJW programmer transbian hons with dyed hair sucking each other's dicks while acting like men in every way possible.2015 October 18, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
    Antonyms:
    passoid

Adjective capitalized: Hon

Hon

  1. (UK) Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament)

Proper noun capitalized: Hon

Hon

  1. A surname.

Also used as

hon is also the alternative form of hoon.

hon meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Odia

hon in Malayalam

ഹൊൻ

hon in Kannada

ಹೊನ್

hon in Odia

ହୋନ୍

Examples of hon in a sentence

  • What cinephiles have missed most this spring are the cries of "hon hon hon!" — the bitchy sound of French laughter — bellowing from the Côte d'Azur.2020 May 28, “The sex scandals, walkouts and boos of Cannes Film Festival”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • Imagine Ben Affleck winding up to crucial lines with a snooty "a-hon-hon-hon!" Now that you have, you won't want to go without.2023 August 18, Kyle Buchanan, “Uma Thurman's 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Accent Is One to Savor”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The...
  • 'brick' refers to a trans woman who doesn't 'pass', 'hon' refers to a trans woman who doesn't pass and also is nice to other trans women who don't pass, particularly used against older trans women[2018 July 10, @addamschloe, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2021:
  • On /tttt/, a major piece of jargon is "hon," a slur used by trans women for other trans women.2018 August 17, Natalie Wynn, 24:45 from the start, in Incels, ContraPoints:

All 31 example sentences with hon

Antonyms of hon

Forms of hon

Noun
alternative formhun
pluralhons
Interjection
alternative form'hon
alternative formh'on

Plural of hon: hons

Origin of hon

Shortened from honey.

The laugh probably originated as a parody of French singer and actor Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) who was noted for his strong accent in English, and does not represent a typical French laugh. The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s.

Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.

Words formed from hon

Words that rhyme with hon

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Questions about hon

What does hon mean?
Hon means a term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart.
What is hon in Malayalam?
Hon in Malayalam is ഹൊൻ. See Hon meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use hon in a sentence?
What cinephiles have missed most this spring are the cries of "hon hon hon!" — the bitchy sound of French laughter — bellowing from the Côte d'Azur.
What part of speech is hon?
Hon can be a noun, an interjection, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hon?
Hon is pronounced /hʌn/.
What is the plural of hon?
The plural of hon is hons.

Words near hon in the dictionary

  1. homœoplasty
  2. homœosis
  3. homœostasis
  4. homœothermal
  5. homœothermic
  6. hon
  7. hon'ble
  8. Hon'daafushi
  9. Hon'daidhoo
  10. Hon'delifushi
  11. hon.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hon (page history and authors); Hon (page history and authors); hon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hon (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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