Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, especially)To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.

  2. To make a hooting or howling sound.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The police are having a blitz on drink driving, hooliganism and hoon driving this weekend.

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Origin

Uncertain; used initially as a general term of abuse. It first appeared in print in Capric

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.

Unknown; perhaps imitative.

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Forms

hoons, hooning, hooned, hooned
Base formhoon · to hoon
3rd person singularhoons
Present participlehooning
Past simplehooned
Past participlehooned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhoon
he, she, ithoons

Past simpleLesson

all personshooned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hooned
he, she, ithas hooned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hoon

Synonyms

1 synonyms
hoon it

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhoonigan

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hookyhooliganhoophooray
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