- [intransitive, transitive] if a car horn honks or you honk or honk the horn, the horn makes a loud noise (使汽車喇叭)鳴響synonym hoot
- honking taxis喇叭聲大作的出租車
- She rushed from the room at the sound of the taxi honking.一聽到出租車的喇叭聲她就從房間裏沖了出來。
- honk at somebody/something Why did he honk at me?他爲什麽沖我按喇叭?
- honk something People honked their horns as they drove past.人們開車經過時大按喇叭。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 - [intransitive] when a goose honks, it makes a loud noise(鵝)叫
Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.