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Goon

noun

An awkward stupid person. Synonyms: clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum.

An aggressive and violent young criminal. Synonyms: hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie.

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"Goon" Quotes from Famous Books

... precede his birth are remittent like ivery thing else, but come at diminished intervals when he has really made up his mind to be born (his first mistake, sirs, but not his last); and the paroxysms of his mortal disease come at shorter intervals when he is really goon off the hooks: but still chronometrically; just as watches keep time whether they go fast or slow. Now, jintlemen, isn't this a ...

— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

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... applause greeted the performance of this ribald parody. There were calls for more such psalmody. "Give us another verse, Sergeant." "Tune up again, Dick." "Goon, goon." Lord Dunseveric, who had remained outside, dismounted and stalked through the door. He had caught the tune, though not the words of the sergeant's song. He guessed at some ribald irreverence within. His face ...

— The Northern Iron - 1907 • George A. Birmingham

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... up a few of Keeluk's goon-gang," von Schlichten was reporting. "But I doubt if they'll tell us anything we don't already know. The dog was gone, but we found where it had been kept; at least one of the rabbits had been there, too. No trace of the goat. Anyhow, the riot's been put down. The Kragans ...

— Ullr Uprising • Henry Beam Piper

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Words linked to "Goon" : criminal, punk, crook, oaf, lump, clumsy person, outlaw, malefactor, bully, felon