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Word: Goon
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century: perhaps from dialect gooney ‘booby’; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character ‘Alice the Goon’, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist
ɡuːn
a stupid, foolish, or eccentric person
Short Definition:stupid, foolish, or eccentric person
Examples:- I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon
a violent, aggressive person who is hired to intimidate or harm people
Short Definition:bully
Examples:- he hired goons to hunt down supporters
a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War.
Short Definition:guard in German prisoner-of-war camp during Second World War
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