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Honk vs Slippy - What's the difference?

honk | slippy |

As a verb honk

is to use a car horn.

As a noun honk

is the sound produced by a typical car horn.

As an interjection honk

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

As an adjective slippy is

slippery.

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.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • English ergative verbs ----

    slippy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Slippery.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
  • (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:Well, come on then, let's look slippy .