Hoot vs Honk - What's the difference?
hoot | honk | Synonyms |
A derisive cry or shout.
The cry of an owl.
(US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
A small particle
* 1878 , John Hanson Beadle, Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them , page 611, Jones Brothers, 1878
To cry out or shout in contempt.
* Dryden
To make the cry of an owl.
* Shakespeare
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
* Jonathan Swift
(intransitive) To use a car horn.
To make a sound like a car horn.
To make the sound of a goose.
(informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
Honk is a synonym of hoot.
As nouns the difference between hoot and honk
is that hoot is a derisive cry or shout while honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn.As verbs the difference between hoot and honk
is that hoot is to cry out or shout in contempt 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.hoot
English
Noun
(en noun)- Well, it was Sunday morning, and the wheat nothing like ripe; but it was a chance, and I got onto my reaper and banged down every hoot of it before Monday night.
Usage notes
* (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot'' or ''don't give two hoots . * (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler'' has a very different meaning to ''hoot and holler''. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of ''derisive cry .Verb
(en verb)- Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
- the clamorous owl that nightly hoots
- Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
See also
* hooter * hootenannyAnagrams
* ----honk
English
Verb
(en verb)- They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .
- "Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.
