different between yonker vs honker

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Etymology

From Adriaen van der Donck, the first lawyer in North America. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or Jonker (etymologically, "young gentleman," derivation of old Dutch jong (young) and heer ("lord"); in effect, "esquire"), a word from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived.

Noun

yonker (plural yonkers)

1. Obsolete spelling of younker

References

Anagrams

• Orkney

Cornish

Noun

yonker m (plural yonkers or yonkoryon)

1. (male) youth, youngster

Coordinate terms

• (gender): yonkores

Synonyms

• yowynkneth

Middle English

Adjective

yonker

1. Alternative form of yongere

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