honk

1. 1.

   the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

   Broadercry

Other forms of honk

plural

honks·

past tense

honked·

present participle

honking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about honk

What does honk mean?

honk means "make a loud noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in honk?

honk has 1 syllable: honk. In IPA it is /ˈhɑŋk/.

What is another word for honk?

Close synonyms include blare, beep, claxon, toot, claxon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is honk a common word?

honk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.