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Honking | Honk | Honked | Honks | Honkers | Honker

Honking meaning

present participle and gerund of honk

Using Honking

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of honk
  • In the example corpus, honking often appears in combinations such as: and honking, honking their, honking and.

Context around Honking

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mercedes 1× cars 1× unnecessary 1× discourage 1× track 1× feebly 1× started 1× americanairlines 1× horns 1×

Often after:

cars 2× horns 2× instances 1× sound 1×

Sentence patterns with Honking

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and was honking like mad 1× appreciation by honking horns and 1× beeps and honking in a 1× behind me honking and honking 1× car started honking in appreciation 1× cars are honking as they 1× cars feebly honking their horns 1× chorus of honking cars muni 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a biden win 1× at the end 1× because danny has 1× cars are honking 1× heads turned as 1× heavy traffic construction 1×

Common sentence endings:

a real celebration 1× a traffic jam 1× and flashing headlights 1× and muffled voices 1× flag me down 1× flashing horns honking 1×

Words around Honking

Just before it in the word index:

honkin 3 honkers 6 honker 2 honkens 2 honken 10 honked 34

Just after it in the word index:

honko 2 honks 14 honky 37 honley 5 honma 7 honnavar 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aditi 51 aegon 51 aerobics 51 aetna 51 aficionado 51 aflw 51

Corpus analysis for Honking

  • In this selection, "honking" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mercedes, cars, unnecessary, cars, horns and instances stand out and add context to how "honking" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and was honking like mad and appreciation by honking horns and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "honking" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with honking

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The new strip is honking. (5 words)

This makes the “honking” sound. (5 words)

The app’s dashboard helps track honking instances in real-time. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

The research also reveals that a third (34 per cent) get riled up when a passenger flinches when the car passes too close to a parked vehicle and more than three in ten (31 per cent) find someone leaning over and honking the horn annoying. (45 words)

A Biden win next week is not the impression you get from VP’s occasional forays out of the basement, where a dozen people stand dutifully inside social-distancing circles or sit in cars, feebly honking their horns. (38 words)

Protest organizer, Garrick Wilhelm, waves at honking cars passing by during a peaceful protest against police brutality and systemic racism in front of SF State at 19th and Holloway in San Francisco California on Sunday June 7, 2020. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

I am driving in Ra’anana and a car comes up behind me, honking and honking, and a man is trying to flag me down.

Because Danny has money troubles, having a white Mercedes honking at him is extremely triggering.

Cars are honking as they drive by, prompting the nurses to cheer and wave their signs.

However, this might not be so bad for those living in a city - you must hear cars honking at you while crossing streets.

Heads turned as a bus driver gave an impression of falling asleep on his steering-wheel horn, and was honking like mad.

Heavy traffic, construction materials placed by the roadside, wrong parking, overtaking one’s vehicle, unnecessary honking from behind, etc. are issues that really tests the patience of any driver.

Most of the recordings, however, are a chorus of honking cars, Muni buses, laughter, and muffled voices.

New York officials have tried to discourage honking since at least the 1930s.

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The app’s dashboard helps track honking instances in real-time.

The new strip is honking.

The research also reveals that a third (34 per cent) get riled up when a passenger flinches when the car passes too close to a parked vehicle and more than three in ten (31 per cent) find someone leaning over and honking the horn annoying.

This makes the “honking” sound.

A Biden win next week is not the impression you get from VP’s occasional forays out of the basement, where a dozen people stand dutifully inside social-distancing circles or sit in cars, feebly honking their horns.

After I was done, a man in his car started honking in appreciation, so it was like a real celebration.

At the end of the concert, the audience showed its appreciation by honking horns and flashing headlights.

It has nothing to do with bugles or saxophones, nothing to do with beeps and honking in a traffic jam.

Late Sunday night, Heat fans packed Biscayne Boulevard outside the AmericanAirlines, honking their horns, waving flags, and, of course, banging those pots and pans.

Protest organizer, Garrick Wilhelm, waves at honking cars passing by during a peaceful protest against police brutality and systemic racism in front of SF State at 19th and Holloway in San Francisco California on Sunday June 7, 2020.

She said the honking horns and applause gave some semblance of connection with a community of strangers through film, rather than simply emojis or text on a screen.

She wrote to friends and family, “I think he deserve better than this, so if you can find it in your heart I would like to form a drive-by (parade) with lights flashing, horns honking.

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Common combinations with honking

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "honking" mean?
Honking means: present participle and gerund of honk
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