Goon

Word GOON
Character 4
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɡuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Goon"

What do we mean by goon?

A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents. noun

A stupid or oafish person. noun

A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). noun

A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish. noun

An enforcer or fighter. noun

A wine flagon or cask. noun

Cheap or inferior cask wine. noun

An awkward stupid person noun

An aggressive and violent young criminal noun

A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').

A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.

An enforcer or fighter.

(WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.

A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Goon

The word "goon" in example sentences

The BMC calendar is legal -- even without Ford's blessing -- and when you protect yourself from legal liability by shutting it down, you incur PR liability by seeming like a bunch of candy-asses who can be bullied into submission by a memo from some white-shoe legal goon from a Fortune 100. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Milligan is said to have picked the word goon out of a Popeye comic and started using it as derogatory term for people he saw as idiots. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So it is extremely likely that Alice the Goon did influence the now standard meaning of the word goon, but E.C. Segar did not coin the word itself, as it was around for more than a decade before Alice the Goon came into the picture. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Another tuneless goon is going to be eliminated from X Factor tomorrow – but who? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Just think, this goon is just now starting his career in the Senate and even though he has one of the worst approval ratings the idjits here in Oklahoma will vote him back into office purely because he is Southern Baptist and knows how to talk to the rubes in this state. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Crank up the volume and get ready to call the goon squad. ❋ Hilary Moss (2011)

That a goon is a goon has to do with their humanness, not their politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nancy is like, yeah, well, your goon is a blood stain and I think Guillermo his peoples is to blame. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've always wanted to be a henchman, so signing up to be a goon was an easy decision. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Also the lack of the so-called goon is refreshing. ❋ Paul (2010)

Surprisingly, Foster's was not it, but boxes of wine called goon, costing about £7.00 was the way to go. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Alice the goon is a frightful bufoon .." you're probably right Pete, sounds more casual and less demanding. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The role of the "goon" (the other teams bad guy) or "protector" (your teams bad guy) is to either start fights with their good players to put them off their game or get them off the ice in matching penalties, or to interpose yourself between the other teams "goon" and your good players when they attempt that tactic. ❋ Steven Barnes (2010)

If the answer is "no," you are not the kind of goon who would leave the sick and wounded to die in the streets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Actually "goon" dates back much earlier than the 1920s. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It also seems highly improbable that the term "goon" for a hoodlum was derived from E.C. Segar's character. ❋ Unknown (2008)

COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Alice the Goon was the inspiration for the word "goon" ❋ Unknown (2008)

Temple's coach, who was suspended for saying he would send in a "goon" player, who then committed a hard foul in which a Saint Joseph's player fell and suffered a broken arm. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Alice the Goon was the inspiration for the word "goon" ❋ Unknown (2005)

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