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Definitions for Goon

[1] Informal . a hired hoodlum or thug.
[2] Slang . a stupid, foolish, or awkward person. a roughneck.
[3] a stupid or deliberately foolish person
[4] US informal a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute
[5] Australian informal cheap wine packaged in casks or boxed

Words related to Goon

thug, hooligan, lummox, jerk, dope, ninny, moron, nincompoop, sap, hood, bozo, bruiser, gorilla, strong-arm

Words nearby Goon

goolagong cawley, goole, goolie, goombah, goombay, goon, goon bag, goon squad, goonda, gooney, gooney bird

Origin of Goon

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

Word origin for Goon

C20: partly from dialect gooney fool, partly after the character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist

Synonyms for Goon

hooligan, thug, bozo, bruiser, dope, gorilla, hood, jerk, lummox, moron, nincompoop, ninny, sap, strong-arm, tough guy