honkingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/,

/ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < honk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of making a honking sound; a honk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call

gredingc1275

crowingc1386

call1584

note1594

ramage?1614

honking1844

bird call1880

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [noun]

seekc1500

poopa1556

gibbet1590

honking1844

tra-ra1900

hoot1904

honk1905

honk-honk1908

klaxoning1922

beep-beep1929

parp1936

1844 J. P. Giraud Birds Long Island 290 The hoarse honking of the gander is..familiar to the inhabitants of our country.

1851 E. J. Lewis Hints to Sportsmen xxiii. 220 Many plans are resorted to..to decoy these wary fowl within gunshot, and none more successful than that of imitating their honkings.

1924 Glasgow Herald 18 Aug. 8 The thundering and purring and swishing and honk-ing of the road traffic.

1955 Times 11 May 4/1 Much honking of horns from the cars round the ground.

2010 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 7 July A10 Canada Geese are ubiquitous in North Jersey parks, with their loud honking and copious droppings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

honkingadj.¹adv.

Brit.

/ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/,

/ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < honk v.¹ + -ing suffix².

A. adj.¹

1. That makes a honk; (of a sound) of the nature of a honk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [adjective]

tooting1652

honking1813

horny1869

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 133 Their voice is hoarse and honking, and..reminds one of a pack of hounds in full cry.

1868 Circular (Oneida Community) 14 Dec. 312/2 Flocks of honking geese did northward fly.

1931 G. Atherton Sophisticates iii. v. 295 The narrow thoroughfare was crowded with honking cars and taxis.

1988 I. Colegate Deceits of Time (1990) 81 He gave a couple of short honking laughs and blew his nose on a green spotted handkerchief.

2009 N.Y. Mag. 10 Aug. 65/1 Graffiti stickers, which are so ubiquitous in New York as to be nearly invisible, the visual equivalent of a honking taxi horn.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Great, huge; powerful, impressive. Frequently as an intensifier, following big, great, etc. Cf. stonking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

mickleeOE

wideOE

largec1300

greata1325

muchc1330

mightyc1390

millionc1390

dreicha1400

rudea1450

massive1581

massy1588

heavy1728

magnitudinous1777

powerful1800

almighty1824

tall1842

hefty1930

honking1943

mondo1968

1943 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 6 Oct. 6/4 Great honking hornets, you creep, why don't you..get hep to the fact there's bloodshed going on!

1988 Mother Jones Sept. 43/1 Her mother called the other mothers and there were meetings and meetings.., and you wouldn't think something like that could turn into such a big honking deal.

1996 Denver Post (Nexis) 31 May c1 Wash all that down with a mammoth martini and finish off the meal with a honkin' cigar.

2004 N.Y. Mag. 12 Apr. 42/4 I would not have a big honking seam up the middle of my couches.

B. adv.

colloquial (originally U.S.). As an intensifier modifying an adjective, as big, good, etc.: extremely. Cf. stonking adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very

tooc888

swith971

wellOE

fullOE

rightc1175

muchc1225

wellac1275

gainlya1375

endlyc1440

hard?1440

very1448

odda1500

great1535

jolly1549

fellc1600

veryvery1649

gooda1655

vastly1664

strange1667

bloody1676

ever so1686

heartily1727

real1771

precious1775

quarely1805

murry1818

très1819

freely1820

powerfula1822

gurt1824

almighty1830

heap1832

all-fired1833

gradely1850

real1856

bonny1857

heavens1858

veddy1859

canny1867

some1867

oh-so1881

storming1883

spanking1886

socking1896

hefty1898

velly1898

fair dinkum1904

plurry1907

Pygmalion1914

dinkum1915

beaucoup1918

dirty1920

molto1923

snorting1924

honking1929

hellishing1931

thumpingly1948

way1965

mega1966

mondo1968

seriously1970

totally1972

mucho1978

stonking1990

1929 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 24 Dec. 9/3 There was a ‘honking’ good time today for all employees..when the firm played Santa Claus and distributed 175 nice fat geese.

1956 Billboard 11 Feb. 38/4 The boys in the band have a honking good time and provide a solid groovy beat.

1965 Flying July 99/1 A great Carlsbad Cavern of an airplane with windows and doors and seats and crannies and a fine honking-big center aisle.

1989 Punch 6 Oct. 37/2 Man, there's a honking great five-litre-smallblock-chevy-engine under my hood!

2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 28 May e6 We have bare concrete towers, honking bad floor plans that are almost unliveable.

2006 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 82/1 The heron..came up with a face full of foliage in the midst of which was a honking big catfish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

honkingadj.²

Brit.

/ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/,

/ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/,

/ˈhɔŋkɪn/

Forms: 1900s– honkin, 1900s– honking.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < honk v.² + -ing suffix².

colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish).

That gives out a powerful and unpleasant smell; stinking, smelly. Also figurative: very bad, terrible. Cf. honk v.²With early use perhaps cf. also honking adj.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective]

foul-stinkingOE

poignantc1387

rammishc1395

rank1479

reekya1500

puanta1529

unsavoury1539

uglyc1540

contagious1547

noisome1559

fulsome1576

fetid1599

nasty1601

unsweet1605

rammy1607

stenchful1615

stinkardly1616

rancid1627

reeking1629

pungent1644

olidous1646

stenching1654

graveolent1657

maleolent1657

virous1661

olid1680

ranciduous1688

feculent1703

virose1756

stenchy1757

infragrant1813

inodorous1823

nosy1836

malodorous1850

unfragrant1858

smelly1862

cacodorous1863

stinky1888

funked out1893

niffya1903

whiffy1905

pongy1936

fresh1966

minging1970

bogging1973

bowfing1983

honking1985

1985 M. Munro Patter 35 Honkin, stinking or very bad.

1987 I. Banks Espedair Street v. 82 Jeez..this is honkin. Whit a pong. Sumhin wrong wi that dug's guts.

1996 J. Murray Reiver Blues x. 166 The stool..was..some three yards downwind of Robbie's [sc. a billy goat] purulent honking rut.

1999 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 5 Dec. (Sport section) 19/6 Were the Celtic defence honkin', mingin' or simply bowfin'?

2003 Sun (Nexis) 7 June She noticed the sink overflow was full of muck. She made me smell it. ‘Revolting, isn't it? That is honking. It needs some bleach down there.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1844

adj.¹adv.1813

adj.²1985

单词	honking
释义	honkingn. Brit. /ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/, /ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < honk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of making a honking sound; a honk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call gredingc1275 crowingc1386 call1584 note1594 ramage?1614 honking1844 bird call1880 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [noun] seekc1500 poopa1556 gibbet1590 honking1844 tra-ra1900 hoot1904 honk1905 honk-honk1908 klaxoning1922 beep-beep1929 parp1936 1844 J. P. Giraud Birds Long Island 290 The hoarse honking of the gander is..familiar to the inhabitants of our country. 1851 E. J. Lewis Hints to Sportsmen xxiii. 220 Many plans are resorted to..to decoy these wary fowl within gunshot, and none more successful than that of imitating their honkings. 1924 Glasgow Herald 18 Aug. 8 The thundering and purring and swishing and honk-ing of the road traffic. 1955 Times 11 May 4/1 Much honking of horns from the cars round the ground. 2010 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 7 July A10 Canada Geese are ubiquitous in North Jersey parks, with their loud honking and copious droppings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). honkingadj.¹adv. Brit. /ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/, /ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < honk v.¹ + -ing suffix². A. adj.¹ 1. That makes a honk; (of a sound) of the nature of a honk. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [adjective] tooting1652 honking1813 horny1869 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 133 Their voice is hoarse and honking, and..reminds one of a pack of hounds in full cry. 1868 Circular (Oneida Community) 14 Dec. 312/2 Flocks of honking geese did northward fly. 1931 G. Atherton Sophisticates iii. v. 295 The narrow thoroughfare was crowded with honking cars and taxis. 1988 I. Colegate Deceits of Time (1990) 81 He gave a couple of short honking laughs and blew his nose on a green spotted handkerchief. 2009 N.Y. Mag. 10 Aug. 65/1 Graffiti stickers, which are so ubiquitous in New York as to be nearly invisible, the visual equivalent of a honking taxi horn. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Great, huge; powerful, impressive. Frequently as an intensifier, following big, great, etc. Cf. stonking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] mickleeOE wideOE largec1300 greata1325 muchc1330 mightyc1390 millionc1390 dreicha1400 rudea1450 massive1581 massy1588 heavy1728 magnitudinous1777 powerful1800 almighty1824 tall1842 hefty1930 honking1943 mondo1968 1943 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 6 Oct. 6/4 Great honking hornets, you creep, why don't you..get hep to the fact there's bloodshed going on! 1988 Mother Jones Sept. 43/1 Her mother called the other mothers and there were meetings and meetings.., and you wouldn't think something like that could turn into such a big honking deal. 1996 Denver Post (Nexis) 31 May c1 Wash all that down with a mammoth martini and finish off the meal with a honkin' cigar. 2004 N.Y. Mag. 12 Apr. 42/4 I would not have a big honking seam up the middle of my couches. B. adv. colloquial (originally U.S.). As an intensifier modifying an adjective, as big, good, etc.: extremely. Cf. stonking adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very tooc888 swith971 wellOE wellOE fullOE rightc1175 muchc1225 wellac1275 gainlya1375 endlyc1440 hard?1440 very1448 odda1500 great1535 jolly1549 fellc1600 veryvery1649 gooda1655 vastly1664 strange1667 bloody1676 ever so1686 heartily1727 real1771 precious1775 quarely1805 murry1818 très1819 freely1820 powerfula1822 gurt1824 almighty1830 heap1832 all-fired1833 gradely1850 real1856 bonny1857 heavens1858 veddy1859 canny1867 some1867 oh-so1881 storming1883 spanking1886 socking1896 hefty1898 velly1898 fair dinkum1904 plurry1907 Pygmalion1914 dinkum1915 beaucoup1918 dirty1920 molto1923 snorting1924 honking1929 hellishing1931 thumpingly1948 way1965 mega1966 mondo1968 seriously1970 totally1972 mucho1978 stonking1990 1929 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 24 Dec. 9/3 There was a ‘honking’ good time today for all employees..when the firm played Santa Claus and distributed 175 nice fat geese. 1956 Billboard 11 Feb. 38/4 The boys in the band have a honking good time and provide a solid groovy beat. 1965 Flying July 99/1 A great Carlsbad Cavern of an airplane with windows and doors and seats and crannies and a fine honking-big center aisle. 1989 Punch 6 Oct. 37/2 Man, there's a honking great five-litre-smallblock-chevy-engine under my hood! 2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 28 May e6 We have bare concrete towers, honking bad floor plans that are almost unliveable. 2006 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 82/1 The heron..came up with a face full of foliage in the midst of which was a honking big catfish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). honkingadj.² Brit. /ˈhɒŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/, /ˈhɑŋkɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈhɔŋkɪŋ/, /ˈhɔŋkɪn/ Forms: 1900s– honkin, 1900s– honking. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honk v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < honk v.² + -ing suffix². colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish). That gives out a powerful and unpleasant smell; stinking, smelly. Also figurative: very bad, terrible. Cf. honk v.²With early use perhaps cf. also honking adj.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] foul-stinkingOE poignantc1387 rammishc1395 rank1479 reekya1500 puanta1529 unsavoury1539 uglyc1540 contagious1547 noisome1559 fulsome1576 fetid1599 nasty1601 unsweet1605 rammy1607 stenchful1615 stinkardly1616 rancid1627 reeking1629 pungent1644 olidous1646 stenching1654 graveolent1657 maleolent1657 virous1661 olid1680 ranciduous1688 feculent1703 virose1756 stenchy1757 infragrant1813 inodorous1823 nosy1836 malodorous1850 unfragrant1858 smelly1862 cacodorous1863 stinky1888 funked out1893 niffya1903 whiffy1905 pongy1936 fresh1966 minging1970 bogging1973 bowfing1983 honking1985 1985 M. Munro Patter 35 Honkin, stinking or very bad. 1987 I. Banks Espedair Street v. 82 Jeez..this is honkin. Whit a pong. Sumhin wrong wi that dug's guts. 1996 J. Murray Reiver Blues x. 166 The stool..was..some three yards downwind of Robbie's [sc. a billy goat] purulent honking rut. 1999 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 5 Dec. (Sport section) 19/6 Were the Celtic defence honkin', mingin' or simply bowfin'? 2003 Sun (Nexis) 7 June She noticed the sink overflow was full of muck. She made me smell it. ‘Revolting, isn't it? That is honking. It needs some bleach down there.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844adj.¹adv.1813adj.²1985
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honkingn.

honkingadj.1adv.

honkingadj.2

honkingadj.¹adv.

honkingadj.²