Goon

Quick meaning: Goon is a noun meaning A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.

Meaning

A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.

More Meanings

1. (US, informal) A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
2. A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
3. (ice hockey, derogatory) An enforcer or fighter.
4. (UK, World War II, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
5. (Australia, colloquial, uncountable) Box wine.
6. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy website Something Awful.
7. (slang) One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.

Example Sentences

Sending for the goon who sent for me / He's thinking he's hard, yeah, it's Little T

[…]a scout from the Flames came down from Saskatoon, said, "There's always room on our team for a goon"

In the mid-week game against the Czech republic, the Czech team speared, slashed, tripped, gooned, and in more cases than I recall, crosschecked Canadian players in the teeth.

Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.

Word Forms

• goons
• gooning
• gooned
• go'on
• go-on

Synonyms for goon

Depending on context, synonyms include edge, fap, abuse, bate, frig, jerk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thug, hoodlum, lout, punk, tough, toughie.

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