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Antonyms for goon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : goon
Phonetic Transcription : gun

Definition of goon

Origin :
  • 1921, "stupid person," from gony "simpleton" (1580s), of unknown origin, but applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (1839); sense of "hired thug" first recorded 1938 (in reference to union "beef squads" used to cow strikers in the Pacific northwest), probably from Alice the Goon, slow-witted and muscular (but gentle-natured) character in "Thimble Theater" comic strip (starring Popeye) by E.C. Segar (1894-1938). She also was the inspiration for British comedian Spike Milligan's "The Goon Show." What are now "juvenile delinquents" were in the 1940s sometimes called goonlets.
  • noun ruffian
Example sentences :
  • Finally I sent a goon squad after him and dragged him to my office.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Digger » by Winston Marks
  • It could, perhaps, send Dalgetty a few men but it had no goon squads.
  • Extract from : « The Sensitive Man » by Poul William Anderson
  • "Well, I guess there'll be nothing doing today," Louis the Goon said.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • There was no way of finding what office Louis the Goon had visited.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • They were almost at Louis the Goon's roost when Lamb saw how he was going to do it.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • At 42nd Street, Louis the Goon got off and trundled over to the shuttle.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • He could play the fly-on-the-wall in Louis the Goon's life as long as he wanted.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Louis the Goon, as he had already christened him in his mind.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Lamb didn't figure it to take long in the case of Louis the Goon.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • The killing of Louis the Goon was the only thing that counted.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various

Synonyms for goon

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