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  • noun Plural form of honk.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of honk.

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Examples

  • "honks" -- yet in it the irresistible urge of bugle and drum!

    Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

  • Four "honks" produced nothing, so far as I was concerned; but a bear -- according to her shikari -- passed close by Mrs. Locock, so thickly screened by jungle that she couldn't see it.

    A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

  • Youtube launches "Musicians Wanted" program for indie music-makers Disgruntled ex-employee bricks and "honks" over 100 cars using the web Vodafone Spain replacing microSD cards on 3,000 virus-infected handsets iBuyPower crams Core i7-980X Extreme Edition into Paladin desktop line A few developers receiving iPads early, must keep it in room with blacked-out windows and tuck it in every night AiLive shows off its LiveMove 2 software for building MotionPlus and PlayStation Move gestures

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Mutainia 2010

  • Youtube launches "Musicians Wanted" program for indie music-makers Disgruntled ex-employee bricks and "honks" over 100 cars using the web AiLive shows off its LiveMove 2 software for building MotionPlus and PlayStation Move gestures Niko, the N900-powered Lego robot, looks poised to take over Twitter (video)

    WoW.com Michael Gray 2010

  • Youtube launches "Musicians Wanted" program for indie music-makers Disgruntled ex-employee bricks and "honks" over 100 cars using the web AiLive shows off its LiveMove 2 software for building MotionPlus and PlayStation Move gestures Niko, the N900-powered Lego robot, looks poised to take over Twitter (video)

    Joystiq JC Fletcher 2010

  • The speech was met with cheers, honks and flag-waving from Moroccans driving through the streets of the capital, Rabat.

    Demonstrations Expected in Morocco 2011

  • We had geese when I was a kid and when you opened the door every morning they came out honking and flapping their wings like they had never seen the break of day before in their lives. fuzzynuts honks and flaps his wings.

    Think Progress » Flashback: In 2009, Scott Brown Said The Senate Health Bill ‘Mirrors’ The Massachusetts Plan He Supports 2010

  • It was amazing to me how many more geese I was able to bring in using just a few honks and clucks versus throwing in moans, buzz clucks, feeding calls, and finishing calls.

    The nunber two reason hunters walk out of the duck woods empty handed. 2009

  • The speech was met with cheers, honks and flag-waving from Moroccans driving through the streets of the capital, Rabat.

    Demonstrations Expected in Morocco 2011

  • The speech was met with cheers, honks and flag-waving from Moroccans driving through the streets of the capital, Rabat.

    Demonstrations Expected in Morocco 2011

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