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hoon

Pronunciation: /huːn/

The English word “hoon” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
  2. A pimp.
  3. A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
  4. An attempt or go at something.
  5. A unit of weight (about 0.378125 of a gram, or 0.0133 of an ounce) used to measure opium in British-controlled parts of Asia; a candareen.
  6. A pagoda, a type of gold coin.

verb

  1. To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
  2. To make a hooting or howling sound.

Etymology

Uncertain; used initially as a general term of abuse. It first appeared in print in Capricornia (1938) by Australian writer Xavier Herbert (1901–1984); in a 1941 letter Herbert stated he had heard the term in his youth.

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