[syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zool.)
The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n.
1. To make a sound like the honk of a goose.
[PJC]
2. Specifically: To sound the horn on an automobile or other
motor vehicle.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
honk
n 1: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn:
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot]
2: use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon]
3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk,
cronk]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "honk":
bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow the horn, bray,
bugle, cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp,
chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, clarion, cluck,
cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, fanfare,
flourish of trumpets, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, hoo, hoot,
peal, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, shriek, sing, sound,
sound a tattoo, sound taps, squawk, squeal, tantara, tantarara,
taps, tarantara, tattoo, toot, tootle, trill, trumpet,
trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, tweet, twit, twitter, warble,
whistle, wind