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# honk

«honk» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make the loud sound of a car horn** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (honk, honks, honked, honking); noun (a honk, honks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To honk is to make the loud sound of a car horn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m1)

2) It is also the loud cry a goose makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m2)

3) A honk is one such sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and road safety drivers honk to warn people or other cars; a honk near you can mean danger, so stop and look. In nature, geese honk when they fly in a V shape. Phrases: «honk the horn», «honk at someone», «a honk of geese».

### examples

- The taxi driver honked at the cyclist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x1)
- Do not honk the horn just for fun; it is for warnings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x2)
- I heard the geese honking as they flew south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x3)
- A car honked, so I stepped back onto the pavement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x4)
- Dad gave two short honks to tell us he was outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x5)
- The goose honked angrily and chased us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x6)
- Traffic was so bad that everyone was honking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x7)
- When you hear a honk, stop and look around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: «honked». Mostly informal; «sound the horn» is more formal. In the UK people also say «hoot» for a car horn. It is an imitative word.

### In the corpora

- [Parasaurolophus had a long hollow crest that probably worked like a trumpet, making deep honking sounds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «honk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.