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What does Goon mean?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    A goon is a thug or a hoodlum, hired to intimidate or injure someone. It could also be a stupid person.

    Source(s): me and Webster
  • 1 decade ago

    Large humanoid beings that appeared in E.C. Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip, which also served as the first venue for the character Popeye. Originally the goons were represented as slaves of the evil Sea Hag. Later appearances were often limited to one female goon named Alice.

    Source(s): www.molonlabe.org
  • 1 decade ago

    goon is commonly used as an insult but not to be taken literal. It means ugly person.

    -May the Lord Bless You Abundantly

  • 1 decade ago

    Goon means being silly and can't do any thing right.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Lots of things, Id suggest looking at wikpedia. It depends on how its used in a sentence, however i typically eqate it to a thug.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    thug, henchman, punk

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