Usually means: Offensive term for white person.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word honky:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. honky: Merriam-Webster
  2. honky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. honky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. honky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. honky: Vocabulary.com
  6. honky: Wordnik
  7. honky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. honky: Wiktionary
  9. honky: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. honky: Dictionary.com
  11. honky: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Honky (album), Honky (disambiguation), Honky (film), Honky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. honky: Rhymezone
  14. honky: FreeDictionary.org
  15. honky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. honky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. honky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. honky, honky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. honky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

(Note: See honkeys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (US, Canada, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
noun:  (US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.

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