Crossword clues for gooden
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make good; improve; better; perfect. 2 (context intransitive English) To become good. 3 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To grow; improve; prosper. Etymology 2
vb. (context intransitive dialectal English) To perambulate, usually town to town, collecting alms, gifts, or small gratuities before Christmas-time, usually on St. Thomas's Day.
Wikipedia
Gooden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Henry Gooden (1879–1971), British playwright
- Billy Gooden (1923–1998), Canadian ice hockey left winger
- C. Harrie Gooden (1867–1905) South Australian painter
- Drew Gooden (born 1981), American professional basketball player in the NBA
- Dwight Gooden (born 1964), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sam Gooden (born 1939), American soul singer
- Stacy-Ann Gooden (21st century), American model and journalist
- Tavares Gooden (born 1984), former college football linebacker
- Ty Gooden (born 1972), English former professional footballer
Gooden may also refer to the action of propping two metal poles in a V-shape, used for load bearing in the construction of a camping tent. This technique was first used in 1987 in the United States of America.
Usage examples of "gooden".
When it came to hard guys, Jack Andolini was like Dwight Gooden: you could rock him, yes, you could shock him, maybe, but if you let him get away in the early innings he was going to stomp you flat later on.
It was Dwight Gooden throwing the wild pitch that let in two runs and chased him, making Joe Paulson forty dollars richer.