different between honker vs conker

English

Etymology

honk +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

honker (plural honkers)

1. One who honks.
2. (informal) A large nose.
3. (informal) A wild goose.
4. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
5. (slang) Anything impressively large; a whopper.

   I caught a real honker of a fish.

6. (slang) A loud burst of flatulence.
   • 2016, Steve Vernon, Flash Virus Omnibus: The First Five Episodes (page 39)

     I would have given a million dollars to fart a good loud juicy honker, right then and there […]

7. (slang) The telephone.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

     He supposed Pangborn was around someplace, and pretty soon old Bill Fullerton would get him on the honker and tell him who was back in town. Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here.

   • 2001, Paul M. Levitt, Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age (page 283)

     I kidded him about the length of the call, and he said that he'd also been on the honker with A.R. […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nose

Further reading

• honker at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)
• Homophone: conquer

Noun

conker (plural conkers)

1. (Britain) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.

Synonyms

• cheggie (regional dialect), obblyonker (regional dialect)

Derived terms

• conker tree

Anagrams

• reckon, rocken