hongs
/hɒŋz/
noun
- A loud, deep sound made by a car horn or similar device.
- The parade was full of cheerful hongs from the floats.
- The impatient driver gave two quick hongs on his horn.
- We heard the hongs of the trucks backing up in the loading zone.
- A type of Chinese trading company or factory, especially in historical contexts.
- Merchants from Europe negotiated with the hongs for tea and silk.
- The hongs in Canton were centers of foreign trade in the 18th century.
- The old hong buildings still stand in the port district.
verb
- Third person singular form of 'hong' meaning to make a loud horn sound.
- The bus always hongs loudly when it turns the corner.
- The driver hongs his horn every time he sees a friend.
- She hongs twice to let the kids know she's arrived.