noun

hoon

noun

Australian/NZ slang for someone who drives fast, loudly, or recklessly.

"Police cracked down on hoons racing modified cars downtown."

verb

To drive in a fast, loud, or reckless way.

"Teens were caught hooning around the empty car park."

How to Use Hoon

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAustralian/NZ slang for a reckless speed-driver, or the reckless driving itself.

UK vs US

Mainly used in Australian and New Zealand English.

hooned past tense, hooned past tense, hoons plural, hoons plural, hoons plural, Hoons plural, hoons singular, hoons singular

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Origin uncertain; first appeared in print in the 1938 Australian novel Capricornia as a general insult.

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