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Recent Examples of honk
Rodney showed up shortly after the intruder left Morgan stayed put on the deck with the pillowcase over her head and never heard the two car honks.
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
While citizens recover from Trump’s clown show, the patronage economist remains safe and stands ready to change the numbers whenever Trump honks.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The group grew to eight people, spreading out along the road and soliciting enthusiastic honks from drivers downtown.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Cheers erupt from the sidelines, and a vuvuzela sounds its long, gooselike honk.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
While citizens recover from Trump’s clown show, the patronage economist remains safe and stands ready to change the numbers whenever Trump honks.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The group grew to eight people, spreading out along the road and soliciting enthusiastic honks from drivers downtown.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Cheers erupt from the sidelines, and a vuvuzela sounds its long, gooselike honk.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honk
Noun
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Native to North America, eastern screech-owls are mostly gray, reddish-brown or brown with yellow eyes, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The line had swelled into a throng, which broke into a collective squeal as stars Robert Pattinson and Zendaya stepped out of a van to greet the crowd.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Even in the midst of that sweltering Lagos day of thumping car music and raucous engines and the truck that honked at her for dancing too close, Miriam’s squeal stood out, a siren.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
Noun
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wrapped around a rubbery bassline that Peter ran through a guitar amp and played straight into a laptop, the song is confident and brassy, sauntering around as Kellie Eden’s trumpet cascades from above and the band’s co-vocalists provide pop harmonies.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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No, the 70-year-old trumpet player/tap dancer/singer won’t be donning a form-fitting unitard and launching into a sauté.—
Dan Kelly
May 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Schwarber walked, and Harper followed with his 11th homer of the season, a monster shot that made the significant chunk of the PNC Park crowd who made the five-hour drive across the state roar with approval.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Lee slid in safely with a head-first slide to tie the game at two apiece, letting out a cathartic roar towards his dugout from his knees.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The only sound coming from the Dodger Stadium visitors’ clubhouse Wednesday night was the squeak of a laundry cart.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Over time, pig squeak forms dense clumps without becoming invasive.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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On a recent Saturday, visitors swelter under the sun in a long line stretching into the dirt parking lot and swap rumors as passing chickens cluck at their ankles.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Honk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honk. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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