to honk
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2.6
- verb
- /hɔŋk/
:
graznar
- A vee of wild geese fly overhead, honking, heading north for the summer.
- geese honk
- a goose honked
- fly overhead honking
Examples
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We could hear the geese honk loudly as they flew overhead in formation.
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The geese waddled ahead, honking loudly.
Fiction book (1999) -
We swim, we fly, we honk.
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Sometimes, late at night, when it's real quiet, You can hear them honking.
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As the policeman passed the little pond in the grove, the geese began to honk at him.
Fiction book (1997) -
All dozen of them, gander to goose, honked for all they were worth.
Fiction book (1993) -
In spring, you often hear the Canada geese honk while migrating back home.
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The pond was alive with the sound of geese honking as they prepared to take off.
Synonyms
16
4.7
To make a loud, harsh cry like a bird
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7.1
To make a harsh, loud cry like a crow or raven
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7.2
To make a loud high sound like a baby or bird
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2.2
To make a loud, deep sound like an owl or a car horn
To make a loud harsh croaking sound like a goose
To make a loud, crying sound like a lamb or goat
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Honk is a simple sound word that copies the loud call of a goose, so it literally sounds like 'honk' when you hear a bird. That's why to honk (for a goose) means to make that loud, harsh cry.