Definitions for goon

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Spelling: [goon]
IPA: /gun/

Goon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in goon (gnoo).

Definitions for goon

noun

  1. Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
  2. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or awkward person. a roughneck.

Origin of goon

1920-25; shortened from dial. gooney, variant of obsolete gony a simpleton (Goon in the series Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar (1894-1938), American cartoonist

Examples for goon

[Laughs] I had auditioned for Biff, and everyone they liked as a runner-up became [his goon squad].

Jennifer Egan gets an honorary Dude Lit mention for A Visit from the goon Squad.

They were almost at Louis the goon's roost when Lamb saw how he was going to do it.

It could, perhaps, send Dalgetty a few men but it had no goon squads.

At 42nd Street, Louis the goon got off and trundled over to the shuttle.

Finally I sent a goon squad after him and dragged him to my office.

There was no way of finding what office Louis the goon had visited.

The acclaimed author of A Visit from the goon Squad talks about her career and offers some encouragement to young writers.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of A Visit From the goon Squad explains each pick.

“Badmashi” means a “goon” in the Urdu and Hindi parlance of the subcontinent.

Word Value for goon
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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