Quonk

//ˈkwɒŋk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Unwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio. uncountable
  2. 2
    Audience chatter that disturbs the performer. uncountable
  3. 3
    The honking sound of certain birds. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To produce unwanted noise. intransitive

    "The microphone quonked, caused the speakers to emit an electronic belch which looped and reverberated […]"

  2. 2
    To honk. intransitive

    "As we pushed among the reeds in the swamp, the grebes could be heard quonking in the buckbrush or beyond it."

Synonyms

All synonyms
honk

Example

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"The microphone quonked, caused the speakers to emit an electronic belch which looped and reverberated […]"

Etymology

Imitative.

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