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4-letter words (1 found)

GOON,

3-letter words (6 found)

GON,GOO,NOG,NOO,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (4 found)

GO,NO,ON,OO,

You can make 11 words from goon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of goon

goon ogon goon ogon oogn oogn gono ogno gnoo ngoo ongo nogo gono ogno gnoo ngoo ongo nogo oong oong onog noog onog noog

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Definitions and meaning of goon

goon

Pronunciation

  • (Etymologies 1 and 2)
    • IPA(key): /ɡuːn/
    • Rhymes: -uːn
  • (Etymology 3)
    • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gōŏn, IPA(key): /ɡəʊ.ɒn/
    • (Northern US, cot–caught merger) enPR: gōän, IPA(key): /ɡoʊ.ɑn/
    • Homophone: go on

Etymology 1

Shortened from gooney, from obsolete gony ("simpleton", circa 1580), of unknown origin. Perhaps a familiar term derived from Middle English gone, a variant of gome (“man, person”). Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). Goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921).

  • The meaning of "hired thug" (circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character Alice the Goon from the Popeye series.
  • The "fool" sense was reinforced by the popular radio program, The Goon Show, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
  • The "guard" sense was influenced by both senses 1 and 2, though not by the Goon Show reference, which arose about 10 years after WWII.

Noun

goon (plural goons)

  1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
  3. A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  4. (ice hockey, derogatory)  An enforcer or fighter.
  5. (UK, World War II, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  6. (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.
  7. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
    Alternative form: Goon
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: guna
Translations
See also
  • goonie
  • gooney
  • gooney bird

Verb

goon (third-person singular simple present goons, present participle gooning, simple past and past participle gooned)

  1. (transitive, slang, chiefly ice hockey) To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.
  2. (neologism) To legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.
Derived terms
  • gooning (noun)

Etymology 2

Perhaps diminutive slang for flagon or from Aboriginal English goom.

Noun

goon (countable and uncountable, plural goons)

  1. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
  2. (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.
Synonyms
  • box wine
  • cask wine

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 呉音 (goon).

Alternative forms

  • go'on

Noun

goon (uncountable)

  1. A Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer, considered the first Sino-Japanese kanji reading type imported into Japan.

Etymology 4

Possibly from Etymology 1, the noun sense 2 ("A fool; a stupid person").

Verb

goon (third-person singular simple present goons, present participle gooning, simple past and past participle gooned)

  1. (Internet slang) To masturbate for long periods of time without reaching a climax, thus reaching a hypnotic, trance-like state.
    Near-synonym: edge
Derived terms

Anagrams

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

Eastern Ojibwa

Noun

goon anim

  1. snow

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

Esperanto

Noun

goon

  1. accusative singular of goo

Japanese

Romanization

goon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごおん

Middle English

Verb

goon

  1. Alternative form of gon (“to go”)

Ojibwe

Noun

goon anim (obviative goonan, diminutive goonens, locative gooning, distributive locative goonikaang)

  1. snow

Derived terms

  • goonikaa

Related terms

  • -aagon-

See also

  • zoogipon

References

  • The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/goon-na

Ottawa

Noun

goon anim

  1. snow

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117


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