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- Dictionarygoon/ɡuːn/
noun
- 1. a stupid, foolish, or eccentric person: "I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon"
- 2. a violent, aggressive person who is hired to intimidate or harm people: North American "he hired goons to hunt down supporters"
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GOON definition: 1. a violent criminal who is paid to hurt or threaten people 2. a silly or stupid person 3. cheap…. Learn more.
Jul 26, 2012 · a. : to continue on or as if on a journey. life goes on. went on to greater things. b. : to keep on : continue. went on smoking. c. : proceed. went on to win the election. 2. : to take place : happen. what's going on.
noun. a stupid or deliberately foolish person. informal. a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute. “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.
goon. (guːn ) Word forms: plural goons. 1. countable noun. A goon is a person who is paid to hurt or threaten people. [US, informal] He and the other goon began to beat me up. 2. countable noun. If you call someone a goon, you think they behave in a silly way.
A goon is a person with a heavy touch as distinguished from a jigger, who has a light touch. While jiggers look on life with a genial eye, goons take a more stolid and literal view. F. L. Allen in Harper's Magazine December 121/2. 1938.
an awkward, foolish person. synonyms: ape, clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, nimrod, oaf, stumblebum. see more. see less. type of: clumsy person. a person with poor motor coordination. noun. an aggressive and violent young criminal.
1. a stupid or deliberately foolish person. 2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal US a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute. [C20: partly from dialect gooney fool, partly after the character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist] goon. n.
Definition of goon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
goon meaning, definition, what is goon: a silly or stupid person: Learn more.
Goon Definition. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). (ice hockey, pejorative) An enforcer or fighter. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
