Honda

//ˈhɒndə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop. Southwestern, US
  2. 2
    A car of the Honda brand.

    "Jammed onto a narrow, steep sidewalk, police barricades all around, we march with placards, drums, and angry spirit: "The Moral Majority, cops and Klan. Work together hand in hand." — helmeted tac squad on horses, Hondas, facing us on Powell Street, itching to wield their billy clubs, waiting for any excuse to let fly."

  3. 3
    A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda. Southwestern, US
  4. 4
    A motorbike manufactured by Honda.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda.

    "they left on Sonnyʼs seventeenth birthday present — the Honda motorbike heʼd begged them to buy him"

  2. 2
    A brand of car manufactured by Honda.

Example

More examples

"I think Honda will come tomorrow."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

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