Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as Hun.
Wiktionary
- n. dated A unit of weight, used to measure opium in British-controlled China.
- n. Australia, slang, dated A pimp.
- n. Australia, slang A lout.
- n. Australia, New Zealand, slang One who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily-customized cars.
- v. Australia, New Zealand, slang To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
Etymologies
- Uncertain origin. Pimp sense from early 20th c. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I did not type the word hoon, i typed the word cnut … only spelled differently!”
“Boy racer' Lewis Hamilton fined £300 over car stunts in front of fans in Australia ace Lewis Hamilton was described as a 'hoon' - a loutish boy racer - by an Australian magistrate”
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“Nor was the exact definition of 'hoon' - because keeping this term loose makes selective interpretation by the regulators very convenient.”
“South Australian police will be empowered to crush the cars of so-called hoon drivers under tough new laws that come into effect on Sunday.”
“The Victorian Government's proposed three-step anti-hoon agenda is this: For a first offence, the so-called hoon's car is impounded for 30 days.”
“If a hoon is a person who, for example, drives a car at 160km/h in a 60 zone, then I reckon that person should go to jail.”
“All of which puts my own thoughts on the the definition of "hoon" into the shade:”
“Hamilton fell foul to Victoria state's so-called "hoon" laws on March 26, two days before the race.”
“British driving ace says sorry over stunt FORMULA One driver Lewis Hamilton has apologised for his "hoon" antics in a letter to a magistrate who fined him for doing a burnout as he left the”
“And please .. 'hoon' this, 'hoon' that ... find another buzz word.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hoon’.
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RealLifePixel's Bad-Ass Words
Words so awesome they'll kick your eyeballs' asses!
cucurbitaceous, sacerdotal, loudhailer, bildungsroman, sublation, marmoreal, recusant, velleity, hardscrabble, malinger, miasma, brennschluss and 76 more...
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Potpourri
eponymous, aa, pulchritude, gizmo, macabre, sui generis, solecism, solipsism, eldritch, samizdat, queue, obsequious and 469 more...
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Let's get back to our enraged sheep :...
Idiomatic wisdom from other countries and cultures. For some of the more obscure languages, expressions were found on the excellent site omniglot.com
donde ronca tigre..., a cada cerdo le l..., Поредити бабе и жабе, baba şi mitraliera, a otro perro con ..., llevar hierro al ..., no se le puede pe..., no se pescan truc..., ada udang di bali..., ropa inte hej för..., nu är det kokta f..., att lägga lök på ... and 210 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1402 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
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Field Mass
for the same
fanon, armet, wether, filibuster, shadoof, shabrack, mai, sainfoin, sand-crack, panoply, guerdon, flunky and 233 more...
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Words of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth is a 2002 anthology volume featuring four novels by Jack Vance: The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga and Rhialto the Marvellous.
Throughou...deodar, deodand, pelgrane, leucomorph, blister-bush, russet, black burdock, gunmetal, spatterlight, carrack, concertina, terce and 280 more...
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Favourite things
dialogic, winnowed, chrysanthemum, piffle, metonymy, teutonic, eschew, inculcate, tchotchke, festoonery, lacrimosity, tremulous and 3 more...
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pax australiana
first in, best dr..., chalk and cheese, chuck a sickie, banana bender, sandgroper, croweater, budgie smuggler, bludge, bathers, swimmers, bogan, buck's night and 73 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
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mrming's Words
banjaxed, antimacassar, feck, horsebox, cadge, hoon, minky, boon, groyne, voxel
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hoon.
xat A person who drives in an unsafe and destructive manner. Typical hoon behavior includes speeding, drunken driving, street racing....
Did you see those hoons cut off a cop? Maaan, they're gonna get their asses handed to 'em. Jun 28, 2009
reallifepixel
Teens get takeaway food at fatal crash
November 24, 2008 09:41am Nov 26, 2008
frindley Occasionally metaphorical, as in "I'm just going to hoon around the supermarket". Apr 10, 2008