Definition of "goon" in Englisch

noun

1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.

2. (US, informal) A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.

3. A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.

4. (ice hockey, derogatory) An enforcer or fighter.

5. (UK, World War II, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.

6. (slang) One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.

7. (Australia, colloquial) Box wine.

8. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy website Something Awful.

verb

1. (transitive, slang, ice hockey) To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.

2. (neologism) To legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.

verb

1. (strictly) To masturbate for long periods of time without reaching a climax.

noun

1. (countable) A wine flagon or cask.

2. (uncountable) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

noun

1. A Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer, considered the first Sino-Japanese kanji reading type used in Japan.

   • The Buddhist term 権化 is read as gonge, using the kanji's goon readings.