Hoon

/huːn/ · noun

Meaning

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A worthless person; a hooligan or lout..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
2. (Australia, slang, dated) A pimp.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attempt or go at something.
5. (especially Australia, New Zealand) To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
6. To make a hooting or howling sound.
7. (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.
8. (India, historical) A pagoda, a type of gold coin.

Example Sentences

'You flash hoon,' he went on, 'Kiddin' you're white, eh?[…].'

When the girls were sick, the hoons would beat the shit out of them and put them back on the street.

Police have impounded an average of 10 cars a day since hoon laws were introduced by the State Government in June 2006. Hoon related offences include burnouts, doughnuts, drag racing, repeated driving while disqualified and high-level speeding. Offences are detailed in section 84C of the Road Safety Act 1986.

The hoons piled out of the wreck brimming with righteous road rage, and were settling to the task of beating the shit out of Wozza, Mutton and the hapless wheelman when they discovered the plastic bag.

[T]here is an overwhelming sense of youth as a social group with nowhere to go and nothing to do. […] Predictably, this has produced a series of strategies among young people through which to counter the boredom and frustration they often experience. One of the more spectacular – and illegal – examples of this is "hooning" (a localized term for dangerous driving) by young males. […] [H]oons transform the quiet, often sleepy streets of neighborhoods on the Gold Coast into playscapes of their own. […] Equally salient in the context of the present discussion is the random night-time appropriation by hoons of particular streets and neighborhoods on the Gold Coast in which to enact the collective rituals that give the hoon culture both internal cohesion and local notoriety.

The stars of Happytime Murders give Kiwi slang a hoon

Havin' a hoon on TVNZ's new OnDemand platform

[…] you've hooned off – it's fair to say hooned off – at quite a high speed.

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• hoons
• hooning
• hooned
• hon
• hun

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