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GOON definition: 1. a violent criminal who is paid to hurt or threaten people 2. a silly or stupid person 3. cheap…. Learn more.
Learn the noun and verb meanings of goon, a word that can refer to a stupid person, a hired thug, or a verb meaning to continue or happen. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
noun. a stupid or deliberately foolish person. informal. a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of goon 1.
Definitions of goon. noun. an awkward, foolish person. synonyms: ape, clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, nimrod, oaf, stumblebum. see more. see less. type of: clumsy person. a person with poor motor coordination.
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goon. noun. /ɡuːn/ (informal) (especially North American English) a criminal who is paid to frighten or injure people. Just call off your goons and no one will get hurt. The goons at the next table were just itching to finish him off. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
A goon is a person with a heavy touch as distinguished from a jigger, who has a light touch. While jiggers look on life with a genial eye, goons take a more stolid and literal view. F. L. Allen in Harper's Magazine December 121/2. 1938.
goon. (guːn ) Word forms: plural goons. 1. countable noun. A goon is a person who is paid to hurt or threaten people. [US, informal] He and the other goon began to beat me up. 2. countable noun. If you call someone a goon, you think they behave in a silly way.
