hoon
Americanverb
noun
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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
I'm sorry, but this is a car that does bring out the hoon in a chap.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
Obviously I've got it in the latter the whole time, because I'm a hoon.
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 Hodgson, William Hope
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 Hodgson, William Hope
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
And all the time the shrieking, hooning whistling would fill the whole corridor, so that I used to feel a precious lonely chap, messing about there with one of Hell's mysteries.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by Hodgson, William Hope
As I returned across the front of the East Wing, I caught the hooning whistling of the Room, coming down strangely through the stillness of the night.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by Hodgson, William Hope
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 Hodgson, William Hope
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 Hodgson, William Hope
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