hoon it
British slang meaning to drive at high speed or in a reckless, aggressive manner.
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British slang meaning to drive at high speed or in a reckless, aggressive manner. To hoon it somewhere is to floor the accelerator, ignore speed limits, and treat the road like a personal racetrack. Derived from "hoon," which in Australian and British English describes a reckless young driver who drives dangerously for thrills. The phrase implies urgency combined with disregard for safety — you hoon it when you're running late, showing off, or just feeling the need for speed.
We were late to the airport so he hooned it down the motorway doing 110 the whole way.
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(UK, slang) To drive very fast or recklessly.
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British and Australian slang meaning to irritate or annoy someone — a slightly softer alternative to harsher expressions like piss off or wind up. Honk off has a pleasingly absurd quality that takes the edge off the annoyance it describes. It's typically transitive — something honks someone off — and works well in contexts where you want to convey real irritation without escalating to full-blown profanity.