Ululate vs Honk - What's the difference?
ululate | honk | Related terms |
to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
(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.
As verbs the difference between ululate and honk
is that ululate is to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy while 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.ululate
English
Verb
(ululat)- Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation .
Synonyms
* (to howl ): bay, howl, wailhonk
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.
