EGAVE

goon

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
  2. noun A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
  3. noun A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  4. noun An enforcer or fighter.
  5. noun A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  6. noun 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. noun Box wine.
  8. noun A member of the comedy website Something Awful.

Similar words

thug hoodlum lout punk tough toughie lump stumblebum clod lubber

Often followed by

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Word family

gooned gooning goons

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