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goona

goona noun: faeces, excrement, stool.

Noun

goona (uncountable)

  1. (slang, Australian Aboriginal) faeces, excrement, stool
    • The crows and the birds would have a drink, too, and do a bit of goona.1987, Sally Morgan, My Place, Fremantle Press, page 411
    • Jalyerri greeted them with his usual flash of white teeth. “Go goot goona bugger dat feller,” he observed, referring to Ed Smith. “What’s goona?” Calum asked Brian. “Shit.”2010, Jim Nicolson, Long Creek, iUniverse, page 98

Origin of goona

From guna or kuna, found in many Pama-Nyungan languages.

Questions about goona

What does goona mean?
Goona means faeces, excrement, stool.
What part of speech is goona?
Goona is a noun.

Words near goona in the dictionary

  1. goon sticks
  2. goon suit
  3. goon suits
  4. goon-stick
  5. goon-sticks
  6. goona
  7. goonable
  8. goonbait
  9. gooncave
  10. gooncaves
  11. goonch

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