goon
Origin of goon
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How to use goon in a sentence
Down under, people endearingly call boxes of wine “goons,” and they drink them with alacrity.
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Sure, Sleepy Hollow is haunted by all sorts of goons and loons.
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There were men standing on guard with magnum rifles, tough-looking professional goons in loose gray uniforms.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William AndersonWhy are you goons moving that stuff ahead of schedule and without notifying balance control?
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondBut really, after the way those Security goons acted, maybe he won't be mad if you handle it right.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondAnd Russ Latterman, and maybe four or five Conservative goons he's managed to infiltrate into the store.
Null-ABC | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuireI want wan of thim double goons, and the big wash toob full of b'ilin' wather and the long butcher knife and the bro'd axe.
The Red Mustang | William O. Stoddard
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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