hoon

noun

🔊/huːn/

(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)

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a man who behaves in a rude and aggressive way, especially one who drives in a dangerous way莽汉；（尤指）危险驾驶的男子，横冲直撞的驾驶员Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Word Origin1930s: of unknown origin.

verb

🔊/huːn/

[intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hoon	🔊/huːn/ 🔊/huːn/
he / she / it hoons	🔊/huːnz/ 🔊/huːnz/
past simple hooned	🔊/huːnd/ 🔊/huːnd/
-ing form hooning	🔊/ˈhuːnɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈhuːnɪŋ/

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to behave in a rude and aggressive way, especially driving in a dangerous way莽汉；（尤指）危险驾驶的男子，横冲直撞的驾驶员Topics Transport by car or lorryc2