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goonies

goonies is the plural of goonie.

goonies is the plural of gooney.

Meaning of goonie

Noun

goonie (plural goonies)

  1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  2. (slang) a foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon.
  3. (slang) a henchman, a thug, a gangster, a goon.

Meaning of gooney

Noun

gooney (plural gooneys or goonies)

  1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
    Synonyms:
    gooney bird
  2. (slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

Questions about goonies

What is goonies the plural of?
Goonies is the plural of goonie.

Words near goonies in the dictionary

  1. goonfics
  2. Goongerah
  3. Goonhavern
  4. goonie
  5. goonier
  6. goonies
  7. gooniest
  8. goonigger
  9. goonily
  10. gooning
  11. gooning out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goonies (page history and authors); goonie (page history and authors); gooney (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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