honk

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GET's can unlock my doors and honk my horn and stuff?

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Quick take

the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of honk gathered in one view.

noun

the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

verb

make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

verb

use the horn of a car

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for honk.

noun

the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

verb

make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

verb

use the horn of a car

verb

cry like a goose; "The geese were honking"

verb

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"

See also: vomit, purge, cast, sick, cat, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew

Example sentences

GET's can unlock my doors and honk my horn and stuff?

Go straight and hear the honk + generally get hit by the rear view mirror.

"This would make sense if you wanted to GET /honks and see a collection of previous honks.

If someone's about to have a baby or something, a friendly honk to get someone slow out of the way can be useful.

"people in convertibles are less likely to honk"I think that there should be a law that a car's horn should be as loud inside the car as it is outside.

Similarly PUT would be appropriate for requests where you are specifying the time that the honk should occur, which would make them idempotent.

The cars behind me tend to disagree, and sometimes even honk ... even though the space ahead of me clearly only leads to a continued jam, and not open road.

I've even seen a collection of cars on I-105 honk maniacally while weaving all over and nearly smashing a poor car that had a blow-out rather than make room for him to get off the road and other drivers to navigate around, even though there was plenty of time to see what was going on, slow down, and work around him.