Meanings
adjectivehonkin' (comparative more honkin', superlative most honkin')
comparative more honkin' · superlative most honkin' · alternative honking
- USslangUsed as an intensifier.
But that hasn't stopped U2 from assuming the mantle as the biggest, honkin'-est rock band in the world and running with it.
1997 March 5, Will Hermes, “The Importance of Being Earnest: U2 goes forward and backward with Pop”, in Minneapolis City Pages
adverbhonkin' (comparative more honkin', superlative most honkin')
comparative more honkin' · superlative most honkin' · alternative honking
- USslangVery; tremendously.
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Origin
From honking or honkingly by shortening.
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