Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Hun .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A unit of weight, used to measure opium in British-controlled China.
- noun Australia, slang, dated A
pimp . - noun Australia, slang A
lout . - noun Australia, New Zealand, slang One who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street
drag racer often driving heavily-customized cars. - verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I did not type the word hoon, i typed the word cnut … only spelled differently!
Guy Fawkes' blog 2009
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I did not type the word hoon, i typed the word cnut … only spelled differently!
British Blogs 2009
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Nor was the exact definition of 'hoon' - because keeping this term loose makes selective interpretation by the regulators very convenient.
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'Boy racer' Lewis Hamilton fined £300 over car stunts in front of fans in Australia ace Lewis Hamilton was described as a 'hoon' - a loutish boy racer - by an Australian magistrate
WN.com - Articles related to Federal report faults Dallas Zoo in zebra death 2010
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South Australian police will be empowered to crush the cars of so-called hoon drivers under tough new laws that come into effect on Sunday.
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The Victorian Government's proposed three-step anti-hoon agenda is this: For a first offence, the so-called hoon's car is impounded for 30 days.
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If a hoon is a person who, for example, drives a car at 160km/h in a 60 zone, then I reckon that person should go to jail.
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All of which puts my own thoughts on the the definition of "hoon" into the shade:
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Hamilton fell foul to Victoria state's so-called "hoon" laws on March 26, two days before the race.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2010
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British driving ace says sorry over stunt FORMULA One driver Lewis Hamilton has apologised for his "hoon" antics in a letter to a magistrate who fined him for doing a burnout as he left the
frindley commented on the word hoon
Occasionally metaphorical, as in "I'm just going to hoon around the supermarket".
April 10, 2008
reallifepixel commented on the word hoon
Teens get takeaway food at fatal crash
November 24, 2008 09:41am
November 26, 2008
xat commented on the word hoon
A person who drives in an unsafe and destructive manner. Typical hoon behavior includes speeding, drunken driving, street racing....
Did you see those hoons cut off a cop? Maaan, they're gonna get their asses handed to 'em.
June 28, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word hoon
"I know the op shop doesn't open till eleven on Saturdays, that the motor that roars and roars at 10 p.m. at the bottom of the street is not some crazed hoon but the railway men mending the line."
From "White Paint and Calico" by Helen Garner, p 18 of Everywhere I Look
November 29, 2017