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# honk

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

«honk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To honk is to make the loud sound of a car horn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m1)
2. It is also the loud cry a goose makes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m2)
3. A honk is one such sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#m3)

### 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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x2)
- I heard the geese honking as they flew south. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x3)
- A car honked, so I stepped back onto the pavement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x4)
- Dad gave two short honks to tell us he was outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x5)
- The goose honked angrily and chased us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x6)
- Traffic was so bad that everyone was honking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/#x7)
- When you hear a honk, stop and look around. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honk.html) on Mova free.