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Recent Examples of honker
Whether the actor who originated the role in the 1590s wore a wax honker is unknown, but the stereotype was certainly familiar by then.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Nov. 2023
When a big flock of honkers commits, new hunters tend to flock shoot.
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Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Sep. 2023
Before agriculture subdued the mountain rivers, much of the southern San Joaquin Valley was transformed each spring into marsh teeming with tule elk and antelope, honkers, and gray and Canada geese.
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Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2023
People broke the news, citing insider sources and a big honker of a rock that Song was wearing around Beverly Hills this week.
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Vulture,
26 Jan. 2022
And big honker or petite button, our sniffers hate when bad odors linger nearby.
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Dan Seitz,
Popular Science,
10 Mar. 2021
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Nov. 2023
When a big flock of honkers commits, new hunters tend to flock shoot.
—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Sep. 2023
Before agriculture subdued the mountain rivers, much of the southern San Joaquin Valley was transformed each spring into marsh teeming with tule elk and antelope, honkers, and gray and Canada geese.
—
Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2023
People broke the news, citing insider sources and a big honker of a rock that Song was wearing around Beverly Hills this week.
—
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2022
And big honker or petite button, our sniffers hate when bad odors linger nearby.
—
Dan Seitz,
Popular Science,
10 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honker
Noun
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Cook County animal control also reminded pet owners that animals with short coats, or with white or tan fur, are more susceptible to sunburbn, especially on their noses.
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The nose is designed to help break up the shockwaves that are typically created when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound.
Noun
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With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
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With those personal details out of the way, the app asks the user to identify the dog’s breed, snout description, and coat type (single, double, or hairless), as well as what her typical daily activity looks like.
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“Honker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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