Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which honks, as a goose; specifically, the common wild goose of America, the Canada goose, Bernicla canadensis. See cut under
Bernicla .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun informal, informal The nose; -- an informal terms used in the U. S.
- noun Something that honks.
- noun The common grayish-brown wild goose (
Branta canadensis ) of North America; the Canada goose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
honks . - noun informal A large
nose . - noun informal A wild
goose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
- noun a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound
- noun informal terms for the nose
Etymologies
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Examples
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When traffic lights turn green, it takes a few seconds for the car to pick-up, but hardly half a second need pass when the 'honker' makes himself / herself known to all and sundry.
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Ontario honker this is just a drop in the bucket of the wolves in Idaho the unit i hunt closed for wolves on Nov. 16 my grandfather shot a deer on the 18th. it was right at dark so we decided to come back at first light when we found it the only thing left was the hind quarters.
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Young Opal (age 2 on left) made a stunning retrieve on a honker that I never saw fall.
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
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I looked over my shoulder and saw Ethyl on shore, still holding that big honker, standing there frozen as she watched my every move intently.
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Yes | No | Report from dangerous game wrote 10 weeks 4 hours ago to Ontario honker: why the heck did you shoot a calf moose? did you know that's illegal?
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Pearl retrieving a honker at the end of the 2006 season.
Field & Stream 2009
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Scientists have determined that this electrical sensing equipment ends up wired to the part of the brain that processes visual information ... in other words, platypusses literally see with their honker (that is, "visual" images appear to them).
Science Question From a Toddler: What do blind people see? Boing Boing 2009
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Yes | No | Report from dangerous game wrote 10 weeks 4 hours ago to Ontario honker: why the heck did you shoot a calf moose? did you know that's illegal?
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Not perfectly—there are other issues, like Vitamin D deficiency, a maniac cat who jumps on me at 4:00 in the morning, and 6:00 a.m. horn honker outside who in the most loving and nonviolent way needs to be shot—but better.
Caffeine, Annotated Christian Bell 2011
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Ontario honker this is just a drop in the bucket of the wolves in Idaho the unit i hunt closed for wolves on Nov. 16 my grandfather shot a deer on the 18th. it was right at dark so we decided to come back at first light when we found it the only thing left was the hind quarters.
reesetee commented on the word honker
Nickname for the Canada Goose. This one's no surprise. Other folk names include: Canada hooker, crybaby, hounds, little wavey, and yelper.
December 7, 2007