name
Meaning 1
A surname from Dutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
hoon
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Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -uːn
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Received-Pronunciation: /huːn/
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General-American: /hun/
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CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2231).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A pimp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, dated, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
An attempt or go at something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 8
A pagoda, a type of gold coin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, historical
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verb
Meaning 9
To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, especially
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Synonyms: hoon it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul, hurtle, bustle, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hurry, hustle, make haste, make tracks, move it, rattle one's hocks, rush, scream, shift, skedaddle, swap, speed, zip, zoom
verb
Meaning 10
To make a hooting or howling sound.
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History
Etymology
From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).
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.
Borrowed from Hokkien 分 (hun). Doublet of fen and fan.
Borrowed from Hindi हून (hūn, “pagoda, a gold coin of Southern India”), from Sanskrit हून (hūna, “a kind of gold coin from a particular kingdom”).
Unknown; perhaps imitative.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: ruziemaker — lout
- Māori: tautara — lout
- Dutch: wegpiraat — young man who drives badly or excessively quickly
- Māori: mākahi — To act loutishly
- Azerbaijani: avtoşluq etmək — to drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly