honker

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noun

One who honks.

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Meanings

nounhonker (plural honkers)

plural honkers

  1. One who honks.

    Elmo flat-out ignored me, and Big Bird was busy flipping off honkers in the traffic jam they'd caused.

    2015, Eric Gober, Men In Uniform
  2. informalA large nose.
  3. informalA wild goose.
  4. in pluralslangA woman's breast.
  5. slangAnything impressively large; a whopper.

    I caught a real honker of a fish.

  6. slangA loud burst of flatulence.

    I would have given a million dollars to fart a good loud juicy honker, right then and there […]

    2016, Steve Vernon, Flash Virus Omnibus: The First Five Episodes, page 39
  7. slangThe telephone.

    I kidded him about the length of the call, and he said that he'd also been on the honker with A.R. […]

    2001, Paul M. Levitt, Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age, page 283
    1 more example

    He supposed Pangborn was around someplace, and pretty soon old Bill Fullerton would get him on the honker and tell him who was back in town. Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here.

    1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Synonyms & antonyms

nouninformal terms for the nose

nouncommon greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

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APA

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“honker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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