| VERB | perception | honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot | make a loud noise |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | honk, claxon | use the horn of a car | |
| communication | honk, cronk | cry like a goose | |
| body | honk, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, regurgitate, throw up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | |
| NOUN | event | honk | the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) |
| Sounds | hhaa'ngk; hhao'ngk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bonk ... wank: 8 rhymes with aangk... | |
| Meaning | The cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | cry | The characteristic utterance of an animal |
| Spanish | graznido | |
| Catalan | crit de l'oca, cucleig | |
| Verbs | honk | cry like a goose |
| Meaning | make a loud noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | blare, beep, claxon, toot | |
| Narrower | tootle | Play (a musical instrument) casually |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | pitar, tocar el claxon, tocar la bocina | |
| Catalan | ressonar, sonar, tocar | |
| Nouns | honker | a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound |
| Meaning | Use the horn of a car. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | claxon | |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Spanish | dar un bocinazo | |
| Nouns | honker | a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound |
| Meaning | cry like a goose. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The geese were honking" | |
| Synonym | cronk | |
| Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
| Spanish | dar bocinazos, graznar | |
| Catalan | clacar | |
| Nouns | honk | the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) |
| honker | common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call | |
| Meaning | Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, regurgitate, throw up | |
| Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
| Opposite | keep down | manage not to throw up |
| Spanish | arrojar, devolver, vomitar, vómito | |
| Catalan | perbocar, regurgitar, vomitar | |
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