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- [goon]
- /gun/
- /ɡuːn/
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- [goon]
- /gun/
Definitions of goon word
- noun goon Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug. 1
- noun goon Slang. a stupid, foolish, or awkward person. a roughneck. 1
- noun goon A silly, foolish, or eccentric person. 1
- noun goon person: stupid 1
- noun goon man: hired thug 1
- countable noun goon A goon is a person who is paid to hurt or threaten people. 0
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Origin of goon
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
1920-25; shortened from dial. gooney, variant of obsolete gony a simpleton (< ?); influenced by the comic-strip character Alice the Goon in the series Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar (1894-1938), American cartoonist
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Parts of speech for Goon
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
goon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
goon usage trend in Literature
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noun goon
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
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