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hoonish

hoonish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hoon.

Adjective

hoonish (comparative more hoonish, superlative most hoonish)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a hoon.
    • Jet-ski person, selfish fink,
      May your silly jet-ski sink,
      May you hit a pile of rocks,
      Oh hoonish summer coastal pox.1994, Michael Leunig, Ode To A Jet-Ski Person
    Synonyms:
    loutish

Synonyms of hoonish

Forms of hoonish

comparativemore hoonish
superlativemost hoonish

Origin of hoonish

From hoon + -ish.

Questions about hoonish

What does hoonish mean?
Hoonish means resembling or characteristic of a hoon.
What part of speech is hoonish?
Hoonish is an adjective.

Words near hoonish in the dictionary

  1. hoonigans
  2. Hooniman
  3. Hoonimaun
  4. hooning
  5. hooning it
  6. hoonish
  7. hoonoomaun
  8. hoonoomauns
  9. hoons
  10. hoons it
  11. hoop

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