honker 1[hong-ker, hawng-] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person or thing that honks.
- Informal. a goose.
Origin of honker 1An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; honk + -er1 honker 2[hong-ker, hawng-] noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
Origin of honker 2perhaps honk(y) + -er1 honky or hon·kie, hon·key, hon·ker [hong-kee, hawng-] noun, plural hon·kies. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
Origin of honky 1945–50, Americanism; perhaps alteration of hunky2 Examples from the Web for honker Contemporary Examples of honker
The smell of the unkosher come-on was not unknown to the less-than-petite Conrad honker.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull
Mark Jacobson
March 8, 2014
Historical Examples of honker
One bird was in the lead and this he knew to be his old friend, Honker.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Thornton W. Burgess
So Honker told the story, and here it is just as Peter heard it.
Mother West Wind “Where” Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
While in total length it is fully half that of the honker, in weight it is not more than one-third.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast
Harry Thom Payne
The Canada goose, or honker as it is commonly called, was and is quite common on the Coast.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast
Harry Thom Payne
Honker himself came ashore close to where Peter was sitting.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Thornton W. Burgess
British Dictionary definitions for honker honker noun
- a person or thing that honks
- Canadian an informal name for the Canada goose
- slang a nose, esp a large nose
honky noun plural honkies
- derogatory, slang, mainly US a White man or White men collectively
Word Origin for honky C20: of unknown origin Word Origin and History for honker honky n.
also honkey, derogatory slang word for “white person,” by 1967, black slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from late 19c. hunky “East-Central European immigrant,” a colloquial shortening of Hungarian. Honky in the sense of “factory hand” is attested from 1946.