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Meanings of honk in English
Synonyms
Examples for "beep"
Examples for "beep"
1
He waited for the beep that would let him leave another message.
2
The triple beep of an unanswered voice request sounding once a second.
3
In the background, Spencer heard Wren's coffeemaker beep that brewing had finished.
4
A single beep, and the tiny light switched from red to green.
5
Ignore that, and the system will get your attention with a beep.
1
He always goes off on a toot after a spell at sea.
2
So I don't actually care whether Gideon had a toot or not.
3
From a distance they heard the mournful toot of a large horn.
4
After a brief interval came the faint, far toot of a horn.
5
The Haverhill settlers listened for the ringing toot of Abraham Tyler's horn.
1
From the brilliantly lit social hall came a blare of music-hall melody.
2
The blare of the piano and all sounds of revelry had hushed.
3
The lights flash and the horns blare, as the local police arrive.
4
The deafening blare of generators came from the houses on either side.
5
At the sudden blare of trumpets, Madoc whirled and left the room.
1
No claxon horns could be used, for that was the gas alarm.
2
James sent our WhatsApp group a video and we heard the boat claxon.
3
Faint above the incessant throbbing of explosions, the sound of a claxon horn.
4
The claxon sounded stridently, and the inflectionless voice of the robopilot said: "Sixty seconds."
5
Somewhere a claxon's scream thinned to inaudibility.
Usage of honk in English
1
The hum and the honk of a motor-car sounded in the street.
2
He heard the front door close and the honk of the horn.
3
After a minute or so I hear another honk, this one closer.
4
We found out why when we heard a horn honk behind us.
5
The warning honk had not given the Mistress time to turn out.
6
Before the answer could be given a honk sounded at the door.
7
His voice in reply is a deep honk followed by a whistle.
8
There were crashes, and car horns began to honk all over town.
9
With a final honk, she nudged her baby, and lumbered slowly away.
10
I'm not talking about not liking the sound of the honk, Trude.
11
If she comes back, call me, or honk the horn, or something.
12
Agent Franks, apparently tired of our good-byes, began to honk the horn.
13
Before Miss Arabella could reply, a raucous honk outside arrested their attention.
14
Sue It's the antithesis of that kind of Britain's Got Talent honk.
15
Then came the frantic honk of the car and Lyman in its path.
16
A moment later he was gone over the hill, trailing one farewell honk.
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Honk through the time
Honk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common