hoon around
phr. v..phr. v.. to drive a car in a fast, noisy, or dangerous way to show off.
phr. v.. to drive a motor vehicle recklessly or at high speed, typically in a public area; marked as informal and specific to certain regional varieties.
The teenagers like to hoon around the empty car park at night.
Residents complained to the police about local youths who hoon around the quiet suburban streets every Friday evening.
The local council installed speed bumps to prevent enthusiasts from hooning around the coastal road during the summer months.
- Particles
- around
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- hoon + around
usually used in the continuous form (hooning around) to describe a repeated or ongoing activity.
this is a culturally specific term primarily used in Australia and New Zealand; it carries a negative connotation of being a public nuisance.
They were hooning around of the block.They were hooning around the block.the phrase acts as an intransitive verb or takes a prepositional object directly; do not add 'of' after 'around'.