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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
goon
noun
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▪ A bald-headed goon in a red blazer shot out of his seat and whacked me on the heel of my left foot.
▪ Anyway, there were just too many goons and cops around, and our group had left.
▪ Hell, those goons were in complete charge, with their car caravans, squealing their tires around, intimidating people.
▪ What happens if those two goons have a sudden change of heart and decide not to let us go?
▪ Whatever vanishing act had saved her from the goon with the gun, it had left her armed.
▪ You know: goons in bowling jackets with cheap cigars and 18-inch necks.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goon

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.

Wiktionary
goon

Etymology 1 n. 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. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context Australia countable informal English) A wine flagon or cask. 2 (context Australia uncountable informal English) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

WordNet
goon
  1. n. an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk]

  2. an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer]

Wikipedia
Goon

Goon may refer to: from the Batman TV series, a member of the Grand Order of Occidental Nighthawks. (GOON)

Goon (Global Goon album)

Goon is an IDM/ techno album by Johnny Hawk under the recording name of Global Goon. It is his debut album and first release on Rephlex Records. It was released in 1996.

Goon (film)

Goon is a 2011 sports comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, and starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Liev Schreiber, Alison Pill, Marc-André Grondin, Kim Coates and Eugene Levy. The main plot depicts an exceedingly nice but somewhat dimwitted man who becomes the enforcer for a minor league ice hockey team.

A sequel is in development. In 2015 Jay Baruchel was announced as director for Goon: Last of the Enforcers.

Goon (Tobias Jesso Jr. album)

Goon is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. released on March 17, 2015 in the United States and Canada. The album was preceded by the two singles " How Could You Babe" and "Hollywood".

The album was a short-listed nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.

Usage examples of "goon".

Italian brushed Canfield aside as the goons brought the captain up to him.

The massive gunner, Goon, and engineer Yellowbelly circled each other with drawn stilettoes.

As Yellowbelly screamed and leaped, Goon screamed and parried, bearing his smaller opponent to the turf, What followed then was fast enough to be virtually a blur in a roil of Kzersatz dust as two huge tigerlike bodies thrashed and rolled, knives flashing, talons ripping, fangs sinking into flesh.

Manpower bigshots and goons, bound and helpless, surrounded by their victims.

He had half expected that once he was in the hands of the RAMco goons, he would be whisked away to some concrete-walled sub-basement with bright lights, clamps, electrodes, and steel dog whips.

Djoy handled some of the inevitable discipline problems herself: most she left in the hands of her four resident goons, all former Freefighters and sadistic murderers, all with prices on their heads in the Middle Kingdoms.

Hohp Leebos was now possessed of a large clientele of regular, faithful customers and was one of the very few of her whores whom Djoy Skriffen trusted to leave the house unescorted by one of her goons, or to serve food to secret purchases such as Neeka.

Heritage, and he would certainly be at the brothel, for Dejoy Skriffen never allowed more than two of her four goons to be absent at any one time.

One of the goons had decided to stand his ground and I groaned when I saw him raising his Sten gun as we sped towards him.

Glass shattered around us as the goons returned fire, sprinkling our hair, peppering my naked skin, and I turned in one last effort to keep them back, the muzzle of the Thompson already spitting flames.

Reluctantly she began to follow and when shots were fired from the goons near the corner, she caught up fast.

We heard more shouting and an occasional burst of gunfire the goons shooting at shadows among the rubbish or just in frustration?

Meanwhile, one of his corporate goons had left the group checking out the hijacked truck and had come over to hand Enterich a slim silver chip-holder that she said was from the computer aboard the truck.

The goons were still rattled from the crash, and Kham, Rabo, and The Weeze had done this sort of thing plenty of times before.

Omni, and high-tech goons could be just clever enough to get in there, dump out the samples, and replace them with fakes.