1
: one that honks
2
slang : a very large nose

Examples of honker in a Sentence

with a honker like that, you must need a hankie the size of a bedsheet
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Whether the actor who originated the role in the 1590s wore a wax honker is unknown, but the stereotype was certainly familiar by then. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of honker was in 1836

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“Honker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honker. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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