hoon
Americanverb
noun
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hoons
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Slang. an act of driving in an excessively fast and dangerous or irresponsible way; joyride.
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Slang. a hooligan; a person, especially a young male, who behaves irresponsibly or recklessly, such as by driving around at excessively high speeds.
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Origin of hoon
of unknown origin
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Chhora Chhori ko phool de, bole main tumse pyaaar karta hoom; chhori chhore ko phool de, bole main tumse pyaar karti hoon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2013
Obviously I've got it in the latter the whole time, because I'm a hoon.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
I'm sorry, but this is a car that does bring out the hoon in a chap.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
“Mein friend keh saath hoon, Mamma. So I’ll call you later, okay?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
I was deafened with the shrill, piping hoon of the whistling; and then, clear in my ear, something seemed to be saying to me:—'Get out of here—quick!
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
The road is damaged and open to “local traffic only”, but when a Falcon station wagon hoons impatiently past me and around the road closed sign, I decide to chance it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2017
It was as if an intelligence there knew that steps were being taken against it, and piped and hooned in a sort of mad, mocking contempt.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
And this is guilt-free hooning since I’ll recover, going downhill, most energy expended going up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2018
Inside of the room, there was now a constant, meditative, hooning whistling; but presently this ceased, and the silence seemed worse; for there is such a sense of hidden mischief in a silence.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
Then I heard it, an extraordinary hooning whistle, monstrous and inhuman, coming from far away through corridors to my right.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
All this time, every night, and sometimes most of each night, the hooning whistling of the Room was intolerable.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
Yet, about two o'clock I was waked by the hooning whistling of the room coming to me, even through the closed doors.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
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