honk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

honk [honk honks honked honking] noun, verb BrE [hɒŋk] NAmE [hɑːŋk] NAmE [hɔːŋk]
noun
1. the noise made by a ↑goose
2. the noise made by a car horn

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: imitative.
 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive if a car horn honks or you honk or honk the horn, the horn makes a loud noise
Syn: ↑hoot
•honking taxis
•~ at sb/sth Why did he honk at me?
•~ sth People honked their horns as they drove past.
2. intransitive when a ↑goose honks, it makes a loud noise
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: imitative.

Example Bank:
•She rushed from the room at the sound of the taxi honking.

 

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