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honker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun honker has 3 senses
- honker(n = noun.person) Array - a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound; "the honker was fined for disturbing the peace" is a kind of driver
- honker(n = noun.body) beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout - informal terms for the nose; Array is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
- honker(n = noun.animal) branta canadensis, canada goose, canadian goose - common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call; Array is a kind of goose
Derived forms verb honk2, verb honk1
is a member of branta, genus branta
Derived form verb honk3
CIDE DICTIONARY
honker, n.
- The nose; -- an informal terms used in the U. S. [WordNet 1.5]
- Something that honks. [PJC]
- The common grayish-brown wild goose (
Branta canadensis ) of North America; the Canada goose. [WordNet 1.5]
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