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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /hɒŋk/
• (General American) IPA: /hɑŋk/, /hɔŋk/
• 韻: -ɒŋk

動詞

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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. (slang, intransitive) To vomit.
   • 1992, Wayne's World (film):

     WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again.
     GARTH: What if he honks in the car?

5. (Australia and UK, slang) To have a bad smell.

   Synonyms: stink, pong

6. (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

   She honked my titties.

派生語

名詞

honk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)

1. The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
   • 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424:

     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.

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

   Synonyms: stink, pong

間投詞

honk

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

語源 2

名詞

honk (plural honks)

1. Clipping of honky.

参考

• honk-shoo

アナグラム

• Kohn, khon