English
goon
see also: Goon
Pronunciation Noun

goon (plural goons)

  1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  2. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  3. (ice hockey, pejorative)  An enforcer or fighter.
  4. (UK, WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  5. (internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
Translations Translations Noun

goon (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
    • 2009, Stephen Cummings, Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8nAciuVDQWkC&pg=PA11&dq=%22goon%22|%22goons%22+australia+OR+wine+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IMxlT4iJIM7wmAXYxMCnCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22goon%22|%22goons%22%20australia%20OR%20wine%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 11],
      We drank goons of cheap wine.
  2. (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.
    • 2010, Patrick Holland, The Mary Smokes Boys, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=d3FcFo27gDwC&pg=PT128&dq=%22goon%22|%22goons%22+australia+OR+wine+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xsVlT-L0GarJmQWLj4mGCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22goon%22|%22goons%22%20australia%20OR%20wine%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      ‘On the night of our school graduation he stole a flagon of goon wine and disappeared into the woods. The police found him the next day asleep on the creek. […] ’
    • 2010, Jason Leung, This All Encompassing Trip: Chasing Pearl Jam Around the World, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2CkARqcrv8AC&pg=PA384&dq=%22goon%22|%22goons%22+australia+OR+wine+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d8dlT-yZIq_umAXyiJS3CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22goon%22|%22goons%22%20australia%20OR%20wine%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 384],
      With these instructions, we take turns sipping the wine directly from the bottle on the beach. It′s not the classiest thing to do but the fact that it′s in a bottle already makes it classier than all the boxes of goon we′ve consumed this trip.
    • 2011, E.C. McSween, et al., Boganomics: The Science of Things Bogans Like, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AuD9LkTXI1sC&pg=PT140&dq=%22goon%22|%22goons%22+australia+OR+wine+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vNBlT5PBNObvmAWdxp2SCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22goon%22|%22goons%22%20australia%20OR%20wine%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      Red wine was consumed largely by posh folk, white wine meant goon, mention of a Jägerbomb would have sent its father ducking for cover, and ‘sex on the beach’ meant just that.
Synonyms
Goon
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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