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How to pronounce “goon”
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Pronunciation guide for goon
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of goon with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A Visit from the Goon Squad
Her most recent novel A Visit from the Goon Squad is the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize
- Definition summary
- A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
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How to pronounce goon
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Her most recent novel A Visit from the Goon Squad is the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “goon”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
- (US, informal) A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
- A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
- (ice hockey, derogatory) An enforcer or fighter.
- (UK, World War II, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
- (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.
- (Australia, colloquial) Box wine.
- (Internet slang) A member of the comedy website Something Awful.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, slang, ice hockey) To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.
- (neologism) To legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.
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