hoon

hoon noun

1. Australian and NZ informal a hooligan

Word Origin for hoon of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Examples from the Web for hoon Historical Examples of hoon

The day of our start for Wrangell was bright and the Hoon, the north wind, strong.

Travels in Alaska

John Muir

He’s a braw Hoon an’ A’m encouraged by the fine things that the baron said aboot ma poetry.

Tam O’ The Scoots

Edgar Wallace