gooney
adjective
stupid, foolish, or awkward.
goony
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a variation of
gooney.
Example Sentences
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It’s not just their goony sense of humor that compels them to make silly intro videos and do funny accents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Nearly everything about the sequel to 2001's Zoolander, from Stiller's goony fake voice to the specific situations and gags, is a retread of the first film, done louder and bigger.
From The Verge ● Feb. 11, 2016
You can’t quite tell from his goony smile, but Hemingway was gathering himself, nurturing a different kind of wound, one that would soon find expression in his fiction.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2015
In 1991, the critic David Browne wrote of Brooks, “with his meat-and-potatoes image, goony grin and virtuous all-American values, he is the Kevin Costner of country.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2014
Verusha was wringing the hem of her apron and staring at Ivan with a goony smile, so Anya took her gently by the shoulders and turned her around.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
