honk

Verb

honk (third-person singular simple present honks, present participle honking, simple past and past participle honked)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To use a car horn.
   • They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.
2. (intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
3. (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.
4. (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
   • WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again.
     GARTH: What if he honks in the car?1992, Wayne's World (film)
5. (Australia, UK, slang) To have a bad smell.

   Synonyms:

   stink, pong

6. (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
   • She honked my titties.

Noun

honk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)

1. 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
2. The cry of a goose or similar bird.
3. (Australia, UK, slang) A bad smell.

   Synonyms:

   stink, pong

Interjection

1. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.