Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An albatross, especially one in the Northern Hemisphere.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
albatrosses , especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases. - noun slang a
foolish ,silly orawkward person or thing; agoon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus, while I can't speak to how Spike Milligan came up with the title of "The Goon Show," it's clear that the term "gooney" and probably the short form "goon" was widely used in England going back to the early 19th century.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #156 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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“The gooney birds are no longer with us,” reported Task Force Times that day.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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I mean the prime craziness of the conspiracy gooney birds is the notion that the less the evidence, the more proof the authorities saw of conspiracy.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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I mean the prime craziness of the conspiracy gooney birds is the notion that the less the evidence, the more proof the authorities saw of conspiracy.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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I mean the prime craziness of the conspiracy gooney birds is the notion that the less the evidence, the more proof the authorities saw of conspiracy.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Unlike France, nobody much goes there, aside from the native gooney birds.
William Bradley: Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June 2009
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Me, the King of the Mimeo Revolution (according to Booklist), zinging around through cyberspace like a gooney bird.
john bennett | murmurs and shards « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007
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The very night of the Seles incident, four gooney birds rambled onto Cleveland's Municipal Stadium diamond -- one shook Indians outfielder Albert Belle's hand, another slid headfirst onto home plate -- and after making sports so great were promptly arrested.
Sports, Most Foul 2008
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"There's quite a few gooney birds out there," Joyner says.
Sports, Most Foul 2008
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A neighbor who watched me challenge the elements of suburbia compared my ride to the spectacle of a gooney bird trying to land.
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