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to hoon

to hoon

1 9.9
To drive dangerously or noisily to show off
  • verb
  • /huːn/
  • Australian
translation icon : conducir temerariamente
  • He lost his license after being caught hooning on the highway.

Examples

  • The police warned drivers not to hoon through residential neighborhoods.

  • Teenagers were caught hooning around the empty parking lot late at night.

  • Don't hoon around the neighborhood!

  • He hoons every Friday night.

  • They decided to hoon on the empty streets late at night, showing off their new car's speed.

  • The teenagers loved to hoon around the neighborhood, leaving a trail of noise and tire marks.

  • With a powerful engine, he couldn't resist the urge to hoon down the open road at top speed.

Synonyms

to drive like crazy
vsto hoon
  • Informal
6.0

To make a car go very fast and in a dangerous way

focuses on noisy showing off and attention seeking rather than just speed
to drive like a hoon
vsto hoon
  • Offensive
9.9

To drive in a very dangerous way that puts other people at risk

often done to show off and make noise rather than mainly to harm others

Idioms

to drive like a hoon
  • Offensive
9.9

To drive in a very dangerous way that puts other people at risk

Compounds

local hoon
  • Offensive
9.9

A person in a neighborhood who drives dangerously and behaves badly

How Reckless

to hoon
  • Australian
1 9.9
to drive like crazy
  • Informal
6.0
to speed
137 1.0
to drive
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hoon infinitive
hooned past
hooned past participle
hooning present participle
hoons third person singular

Etymology

Hoon as a verb comes from the same idea—think of a hooligan showing off in a car—so to hoon is 'to drive dangerously', often loudly or fast to get attention.