GOON

hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer

(noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal

lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk

(noun) an awkward stupid person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Goon (plural Goons)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goon is the 29198th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 811 individuals. Goon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (51.17%) and White (38.72%) individuals.

Anagrams

• gono-, no go, no-go, nogo, noog, ongo

Etymology 1

Noun

goon (plural goons)

A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').

A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.

(ice hockey, pejorative)  An enforcer or fighter.

(UK, WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.

(internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

Etymology 2

Noun

goon (uncountable)

(Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.

(Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

Synonyms

• box wine

• cask wine

Anagrams

• gono-, no go, no-go, nogo, noog, ongo

Source: Wiktionary



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