honda

[ hon-duh ]

noun

1. an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of honda¹

1885–90, Americanism; < Spanish: sling < Latin funda, perhaps akin to Greek sphendónē

Example Sentences

In 2020, he drove his Honda Civic 2,000 miles east, sleeping in rest stops and “playing random bars in the middle of the pandemic,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

That worked in California’s favor in 2019, when Ford, Honda and other automakers sidestepped the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken emissions standards and made a deal with California, citing the need for “regulatory certainty.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rangel Vega, 22, was driving a Honda Civic with his childhood friend, 22-year-old Alejandro Luquin, after attending a young adult service at Iglesia En El Camino at 14800 Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times

On Aug. 3, 2019, he got into his gray Honda Civic and drove nearly 10 hours toward El Paso, Texas.

From Salon

The Mercedes driver clipped a Honda Civic turning left onto Sherman Circle, ejecting the Honda driver from the car and also injuring the passenger.

From Los Angeles Times