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Meaning of "honkie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HONKIE

honkie  [ˈhɒŋkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONKIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honkie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HONKIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Honky

Honky is mainly an exonym for white people, predominantly heard in the United States. The first recorded use of honky in this context may date back to 1946, although the use of "Honky Tonk" occurred in films well before that time. The exact origins of the word are generally unknown and postulations about the subject vary.

Definition of honkie in the English dictionary

The definition of honkie in the dictionary is a White man or White men collectively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONKIE


chunky
ˈtʃʌŋkɪ
conky
ˈkɒŋkɪ
donkey
ˈdɒŋkɪ
funky
ˈfʌŋkɪ
Helsinki
ˈhɛlsɪŋkɪ
honky
ˈhɒŋkɪ
hunky
ˈhʌŋkɪ
junkie
ˈdʒʌŋkɪ
junky
ˈdʒʌŋkɪ
kinky
ˈkɪŋkɪ
linky
ˈlɪŋkɪ
Maconchy
məˈkɒŋkɪ
monkey
ˈmʌŋkɪ
pinkie
ˈpɪŋkɪ
pinky
ˈpɪŋkɪ
shonky
ˈʃɒŋkɪ
stinky
ˈstɪŋkɪ
tanky
ˈtæŋkɪ
wonky
ˈwɒŋkɪ
Yankee
ˈjæŋkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONKIE

hongi
honi soit qui mal y pense
Honiara
honied
honiedly
Honiton
Honiton lace
honk
honker
honkies
honky
honky-tonk
Honolulu
honor
honor guard
honor roll
honor society
honor system
honorability
honorable

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONKIE

Chinkie
dinkie
kiddiewinkie
Killiecrankie
paper hankie
spunkie
sunkie
technojunkie
twinkie
Wankie
yankie

Synonyms and antonyms of honkie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «honkie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONKIE

Find out the translation of honkie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honkie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honkie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

honkie
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

honkie
570 millions of speakers

English

honkie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

honkie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

honkie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

honkie
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

honkie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

honker
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

honkie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Honker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

honkie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

honkie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

honkie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inggil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

honkie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

honker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉर्नकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

honker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Honkie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

honkie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

honkie
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

honkie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

honkie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

honkie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

honkie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honkie

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONKIE»

The term «honkie» is normally little used and occupies the 137.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONKIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honkie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honkie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honkie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONKIE»

Discover the use of honkie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honkie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
honkic hood rat honkie adj. (also honky) [1940s+] (orig. US Black) 1 a derog. term for White or pertaining to White lifestyle/culture. 2 fake, pseudo, second-rate. [ HONKIE n.] honkietown n. [1970s] (US Black) the predominantly White area of a ...
Jonathon Green, 2005
2
Reflections of a Born-Again Pagan Radical
Go ahead, honkie, rub your own nose in it! They musta wupped out the crowbars and baseball bats as soon as they saw the hippies pull off the highway. Looked like they were anxious to use 'em. Must be their primary form of entertainment.
E. Craig Coffin, 2006
3
The Grail Tree
'Can Ihaveaword, Honkie?' 'Foryou, Lovejoy– anything! Well –' hetwinkled cautionatthe assembled multitude – 'almost anything!' Roars ofmerry laughter followed. 'Come over here, then.' Igota noggin from an intrigued barwoman. ' Sorry about ...
Jonathan Gash, 2013
4
The Lovejoy Omnibus (Books 1-4): The Judas Pair, Gold from ...
Honkie had cleverly placed hismassive RollsBentley tourer blocking my little Ruby in, a typicaltouch of light humour. Hemade a noisy exhibitionofshifting it, revving andbacking. I justwaited whilethis pantomime was going on, leaning on the ...
Jonathan Gash, 2013
5
A woman's world tour in a motor
and turning in circles, and then 111aking dives at me, until my gown and gloves were in a deplorable condition. b-Iuch to the regret of Mr. Birnie's little son and daughter, Honkie apparently did not know them any more; he would not allow me  ...
Harriet White Fisher
6
Sex Cults and Other Phenomena Volume One
somewhat pitiful attempt to be with it hip in urban black lingo, like a white teenage suburbanite at a rock concert or loudmouth redneck honkie at a golf tournament, ' YO-de MANnnn TAIger.' He whined, "Jes passing the time of day with a paying ...
7
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible
He liked to refer to President Johnson as “a mad, wild dog” or a “honkie cracker,” and said that “if you give me a gun, I might just shoot Lady Bird.” Just after the Newark conflagration, he urged blacks to “wage guerrilla war on the honkie white  ...
Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom, 2009
8
The Cereal Killer: A Sadie Weinstein Mystery
“I'm as scared as if I'm turnin' into a honkie.” “What's a honkie?” “Girl, you don't know what a honkie is?” “No, I never heard that word. Is it someone who honks like a horn?” Petunia laughed. “A honkie is a white person, like you, Sadie.
Reva Spiro Luxenberg, 2011
9
Soul City: A Novel
“'Well, it's late one afternoon on the Honky plantation and up in the big house lil' Ofay Honky's in the kitchen making a chocolate cake with the help of his mother, Honkie Honky. When Honkie turns around lil' Ofay dunks his whole face in the ...
Touré, 2007
10
The Blues Line: Blues Lyrics from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters
Blues Lyrics from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters Eric Sackheim, Jonathan Shahn. Everybody talking 'bout your Honkie Tonkie Blues Well it's every body talking ' bout your Mothern Honkie Tonkie Blues Well they say everybody talking 'bout your ...
Eric Sackheim, Jonathan Shahn, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONKIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honkie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Better not say that
... and victimhood when defending an editor who fails to maintain such a standard for this paper and for its readers. --- Signed - A Honkie S.O.B.. «Arkansas Online, Jun 15»
2
Joplin Honkie's probation revoked
A reputed Joplin Honkie who was shot twice in the stomach by another member of the gang was sent back to prison Friday after his probation ... «Joplin Globe, May 15»
3
Edmond Pastor Talks About Escaping Death Three Times
"If you go back at the yearbook when I graduated, it would say 20 years from now Blake Gideon would probably be a bouncer in a honkie tonk," ... «news9.com KWTV, Apr 15»
4
Two to stand trial in Joplin home-invasion case
Joseph Stoughton recalled in court Wednesday how he spent almost three hours tied up while self-declared Joplin Honkies rummaged through ... «Joplin Globe, Apr 15»
5
Masters of Habit: The Wisdom and Writing of Maya Angelou
It's easy to say, oh, that's a honkie, that's a Jew, that's a junkie, or that's a broad, or that's a stud, or that's a dude. So you don't have to think: ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
6
Bill Maher Defends Netanyahu against 'Racism' Accusations
... HOUSE A PRODUCT OF INTER RACIAL BREEDING WITH A MUSLI M FATHER WHO WAS A BIG- MAST AND A MOTHER WHITE HONKIE ... «Arutz Sheva, Mar 15»
7
Iowa 'Run Warren Run' group meets … 'all six of them' [pic]
Holy honkie! RT @costareports: Run Warren Run group meets at the public library in Ames pic.twitter.com/VnwBsjEveG. — EducatédHillbilly ... «Twitchy, Feb 15»
8
Purported Honkie draws prison time
NEOSHO, Mo. — A Newton County judge sentenced a reputed Joplin Honkies gang member to seven years in prison Monday on convictions ... «Joplin Globe, Feb 15»
9
A White Honkie Scrubs up the Real Dirt on NZ
Have you ever wondered what to do about your morbidly racist grandparents? Ever been too white to join the Kapahaka group? Lied about ... «Scoop.co.nz, Feb 15»
10
Jonathan Quick, Ondrej Pavelec and the NHL's most volatile goalies
Honkie Kong 5ptsFeatured Jan 13, 2015. I wonder if this changes much by looking solely at 5v5 save % and not total save %. FlagShare. «CBSSports.com, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Honkie [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/honkie>. May 2024 ».
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