goon
Origin of goon
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How to use goon in a sentence
Bond, of course, escapes the explosion relatively unscathed only to be greeted by the aforementioned goons.
How No Time to Die's Unprecedented Ending Sets Up the Future of the Bond Franchise | Eliana Dockterman | October 8, 2021 | TimeThe stomach-bubbling feelingThat your goons, or you, may suddenly appear.
Style Invitational Week 1424: We Bee back — a neologism contest | Pat Myers | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostIn movement vernacular, Boogaloo refers to an inevitable and imminent armed revolt, and members often call themselves Boogaloo Bois, boogs or goons.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government. | by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE | February 1, 2021 | ProPublicaThink of it as the Jersey Shore exception, where you can act like a brutish goon and the first bust is essentially a do-over.
Ray Rice Should Have Remembered His 'Kindness' Anti-Bullying Wristband | Michael Daly | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPenguin India wet itself, and entered into an agreement with this semi-literate goon.
Pulp Nonfiction: India’s Shameful Failure to Defend Historian of Hinduism | Tunku Varadarajan | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the original Danish show, Forbrydelsen, the cop was a typical hotheaded macho goon, all guns and glory and ego.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of A Visit From the goon Squad explains each pick.
Pulitzer Winner Jennifer Egan’s PEN Festival Book Bag | Jennifer Egan | April 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST[Laughs] I had auditioned for Biff, and everyone they liked as a runner-up became [his goon squad].
Billy Zane Opens Up About ‘Titanic,’ ‘Zoolander,’ and the Lost Decade | Marlow Stern | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDutifully Lamb's goon turned and retraced his steps to the curb, holding his four-square hat carefully.
Louis the goon practically demanded, invited, the use of a .45 automatic on him.
Louis the goon Engel was a mere walk-on in the piece, a spear-carrier doomed to death.
Louis the goon went along, looking neither to right nor left, docilely intent on minding his own business.
Louis the goon came down and scooted out the side entrance in a hurry.
British Dictionary definitions for goon (1 of 3)
/ (ɡuːn) /
a stupid or deliberately foolish person
US informal a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute
Origin of goon
1British Dictionary definitions for goon (2 of 3)
Australian informal cheap wine packaged in casks or boxed
British Dictionary definitions for go on (3 of 3)
to continue or proceed
to happen or take place: there's something peculiar going on here
(of power, water supply, etc) to start running or functioning
(preposition) to mount or board and ride on, esp as a treat: children love to go on donkeys at the seaside
theatre to make an entrance on stage
to act or behave: he goes on as though he's rich
to talk excessively; chatter
to continue talking, esp after a short pause: ``When I am Prime Minister,'' he went on, ``we shall abolish taxes.''
(foll by at) to criticize or nag: stop going on at me all the time!
(preposition) to use as a basis for further thought or action: the police had no evidence at all to go on in the murder case
(foll by for) British to approach (a time, age, amount, etc): he's going on for his hundredth birthday
cricket to start to bowl
to take one's turn
(of clothes) to be capable of being put on
go much on (used with a negative) British to care for; like
something to go on or something to be going on with something that is adequate for the present time
I don't believe what you're saying
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Other Idioms and Phrases with goon
Happen, take place, as in What's going on here? [Early 1700s]
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