hoon
/hun/noun, verb
hoon is spelled H-O-O-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, hoon means “A worthless person; a hooligan or lout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hoon is hoons.
How many letters and syllables are in hoon?
| Letters | 4: H-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hoon?
Hoon appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hoon?
- UK /huːn/
- US /hun/
Hoon has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_hoon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hoon
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hoon?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hoon from its last stressed vowel (/un/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hoon
- hoons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hooning participle, present
- hooned participle, past
- hon
- hun
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaderogatoryslangA worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
- 2
AustraliadatedslangA pimp.
When the girls were sick, the hoons would beat the shit out of them and put them back on the street.
- 3
AustraliaslangA person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
- 4
AustraliaslangAn attempt or go at something.
- 5
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.
- 6
IndiaA pagoda, a type of gold coin.
verb
- 1
AustraliaTo drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
- 2
To make a hooting or howling sound.
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
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hoon come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).