- 1[intransitive, transitive] if a car horn honks or you honk or honk the horn, the horn makes a loud noise honking taxis honk at somebody/something Why did he honk at me? honk something People honked their horns as they drove past.
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- 2[intransitive] when a goose honks, it makes a loud noise
honk
verbNAmE//hɑŋk//, NAmE//hɔŋk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they honk ,
he / she / it honks ,
past simple honked ,
-ing form honking ,
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