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Gonk vs Honk - What's the difference?

gonk | honk |

As nouns the difference between gonk and honk

is that gonk is a small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops while honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn.

As verbs the difference between gonk and honk

is that gonk is to sleep while honk is to use a car horn.

As an interjection honk is

Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.

gonk

English

(wikipedia gonk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
  • A stupid or dull person.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
  • Synonyms

    * (stupid person) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    References

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sleep.
  • (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth
  • References

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    honk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To use a car horn.
  • They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .
  • To make a sound like a car horn.
  • To make the sound of a goose.
  • "Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.
  • (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by a typical car horn.
  • The cry of a goose.