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HONKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

Synonyms:

Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Canadian goose; honker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("honker" is a kind of...):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Holonyms ("honker" is a member of...):

Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)

Derivation:

honk (cry like a goose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms for the nose

Synonyms:

beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("honker" is a kind of...):

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound

Example:

the honker was fined for disturbing the peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("honker" is a kind of...):

driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)

Derivation:

honk (use the horn of a car)

honk (make a loud noise)

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