Meanings
honk1
verbhonk (third-person singular simple present honks, present participle honking, simple past and past participle honked)
present singular third person honks · participle present honking · participle past honked · past honked
nounhonk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)
plural honks
- countableuncountableThe 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 - countableuncountableThe cry of a goose or similar bird.
interjection
- Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
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Origin
Onomatopoeic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian крякам, сигнал на кллаксон
- крякам (krjakam)to honk like a goose
- сигнал на кллаксон (signal na kllakson)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- крякане (krjakane)the cry of a goose
Catalan tocar la botzina, tocar el clàxon
- tocar la botzinato use a car horn
- tocar el clàxonto use a car horn
- pitarto use a car horn
- cuclejarto honk like a goose
- nyecthe cry of a goose
Chinese Mandarin 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响, 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响
- 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (dūdū xiǎng)to use a car horn
- 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (dūdū xiǎng)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- 嘟嘟聲 /嘟嘟声 (dūdū shēng)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- 嘟 (dū)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- 嘟嘟 (dūdū)the sound produced by a typical car horn
Dutch toeteren, claxonneren
- toeterento use a car horn
- claxonnerento use a car horn
- trompento use a car horn
- gaggelento honk like a goose
- snaterento honk like a goose
- kwakento honk like a goose
- getoeterthe sound produced by a typical car horn
- gesnaterthe cry of a goose
- gekwaakthe cry of a goose
- gegaggelthe cry of a goose
- toetTranslations
Esperanto hupi
- hupito use a car horn
Finnish töötätä, soittaa torvea
- töötätäto use a car horn
- soittaa torveato use a car horn
- toitottaato honk like a goose
- tööttäysthe sound produced by a typical car horn
- toitotusthe cry of a goose
French klaxonner, cacarder
- klaxonnerto use a car horn
- cacarderto honk like a goose
- klaxonthe sound produced by a typical car horn
- cacardementthe cry of a goose
German hupen, tuten
- hupento use a car horn
- tutento use a car horn
- schnatternto honk like a goose
- gackthe cry of a goose
Greek κορνάρω
- κορνάρω (kornáro)to use a car horn
Hebrew צָפַר
- צָפַר (tzafár)to use a car horn
Hungarian dudál, gágog
- dudálto use a car horn
- gágogto honk like a goose
- gáthe cry of a goose
Indonesian membunyikan klakson
- membunyikan klaksonto use a car horn
Italian suonare il clacson, clacsonare
- suonare il clacsonto use a car horn
- clacsonareto use a car horn
- starnazzareto honk like a goose
Japanese なく, 鳴く
- なくto use a car horn
- 鳴く (naku)to honk like a goose
Korean 경적을 울리다
- 경적을 울리다 (gyeongjeogeul ullida)to use a car horn
Malay mengehon
- mengehonto use a car horn
Norwegian tute, gakke
- tuteto use a car horn
- gakketo honk like a goose
- gakkthe cry of a goose
- rappthe cry of a goose
Polish trąbić, gęgać
- trąbićto use a car horn
- gęgaćto honk like a goose
Portuguese buzinar, grasnar
- buzinarto use a car horn
- grasnarto honk like a goose
- buzinathe sound produced by a typical car horn
- grasnothe cry of a goose
- fomTranslations
- fom fomTranslations
- fom-fomTranslations
Romanian claxona
- claxonato use a car horn
Russian гуде́ть, сигна́лить
- гуде́ть (gudétʹ)to use a car horn
- сигна́лить (signálitʹ)to use a car horn
- биби́кать (bibíkatʹ)to use a car horn
- гогота́ть (gogotátʹ)to honk like a goose
- гудо́к (gudók)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- клаксо́н (klaksón)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- сигна́л (signál)the sound produced by a typical car horn
- га-га-га́ (ga-ga-gá)the cry of a goose
- би (bi)Translations
- бип (bip)Translations
Scottish Gaelic ràc
- ràcthe cry of a goose
Spanish pitar, tocar la bocina
- pitarto use a car horn
- tocar la bocinato use a car horn
- tocar el claxonto use a car horn
- dar un bocinazoto use a car horn
- fotutearto use a car horn
- bocinearto use a car horn
- bocinarto use a car horn
Swedish tuta, signalera
- tutato use a car horn
- signalerato use a car horn
- tutthe sound produced by a typical car horn
Tagalog bumusina, businahan
- bumusinato use a car horn
- businahanto use a car horn
- pugakthe sound produced by a typical car horn
- kakakthe cry of a goose
Turkish korna çalmak
- korna çalmakto use a car horn
Vietnamese bóp còi, tiếng còi xe
- bóp còito use a car horn
- tiếng còi xethe sound produced by a typical car horn
Welsh clegar, clegar
- clegarto honk like a goose
- clegarthe cry of a goose
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