hoon
A worthless person; a hooligan or loutA worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
» The police are having a blitz on drink driving, hooliganism and hoon driving this weekend.
Meaning
6 senses(Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang)A worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
(Australia, dated, slang)A pimp.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)An attempt or go at something.
(historical)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.
(India, historical)A pagoda, a type of gold coin.
Examples
1 sentencesThe police are having a blitz on drink driving, hooliganism and hoon driving this weekend.
Origin
Uncertain; used initially as a general term of abuse. It first appeared in print in CapricUncertain; 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.
Borrowed from Hokkien 分 (hun). Doublet of fen and fan.
Borrowed from Hindi हून (hūn, “pagoda, a gold coin of Southern India”), from Sanskrit हून (hūna, “a kind of gold coin from a particular kingdom”).
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