hoon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /huːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /hun/ Rhymes: -uːn === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== hoon (plural hoons) (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A worthless person; a hooligan or lout. [From 1930s.] (Australia, slang, dated) A pimp. [From 1950s.] 2009, Adam Shand, The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia's Toughest Cop, Melbourne: Black Inc., ISBN 978-1-86395-438-9; republished Melbourne, Black Inc., 2010, ISBN 978-1-86395-482-2, page 85: When the girls were sick, the hoons would beat the shit out of them and put them back on the street. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars. [From 1980s.] (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attempt or go at something. [From 1980s.] ===== Derived terms ===== hoonish ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hoon (third-person singular simple present hoons, present participle hooning, simple past and past participle hooned) (especially Australia, New Zealand) To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly. Synonym: (UK) hoon it Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:rush ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown; perhaps imitative. ==== Verb ==== hoon (third-person singular simple present hoons, present participle hooning, simple past and past participle hooned) To make a hooting or howling sound. 1910, William Hope Hodgson, “The Whistling Room”, in The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine[5], London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 34617117, page 606; republished in Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913, OCLC 13117415: All this time, every night, and sometimes most of each night, the hooning whistling of the Room was intolerable. 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. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Hokkien 分 (hun). Doublet of fen and fan. ==== Noun ==== hoon (plural hoons) (historical) 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. === Etymology 4 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== hoon (plural hoons) (India, historical) A pagoda, a type of gold coin. ===== Alternative forms ===== hon, hun === See also === === References === === Anagrams === NoHo, Noho, no-ho, oh no == Daur == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Mongol ᠣᠨ (on /⁠hon⁠/, “year”) / ꡜꡡꡋ (/⁠hon⁠/). Compare Khitan [Term?] (/⁠po⁠/, “time”). === Pronunciation === (Miisl) IPA(key): [x̠ɔ̃ː] (Tacheng) IPA(key): [x̠wõː] === Noun === hoon year ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hone, hoon, from Old Dutch *hōna, *hōni, from Proto-Germanic *hauniz. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːn IPA(key): /ɦoːn/ === Noun === hoon f (uncountable, no diminutive) mockery, sneering scorn, derision ==== Derived terms ==== honen hoongelach == Finnish == === Noun === hoon genitive singular of hoo == Kaluli == === Noun === hoon water === References === Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 Andy and Sylvia Grosh, Grammar essentials for the Kaluli language (2004/2009) (as ho:n) == Q'eqchi == === Noun === hoon The part of today that is yet to come; later today. ==== Derived terms ==== hoonal (“moment”) hooni hoon (“today”) === Further reading === Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [6] == Vilamovian == === Etymology === From Middle High German han, from Old High German hano. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hoon m rooster ==== Antonyms ==== hün