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goonlike

goonlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a goon.

Adjective

goonlike (comparative more goonlike, superlative most goonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a goon.
    • The village’s simple-minded boy, “a pure and innocent creature closer to the Lord than the saints,” is mowed down by goonlike American soldiers, one of them literally foaming at the mouth.2007 April 26, Janet Maslin, “Terrorists Reel in a Pawn From Small-Town Iraq”, in New York Times

Forms of goonlike

comparativemore goonlike
superlativemost goonlike

Origin of goonlike

From goon + -like.

Questions about goonlike

What does goonlike mean?
Goonlike means resembling or characteristic of a goon.
What part of speech is goonlike?
Goonlike is an adjective.

Words near goonlike in the dictionary

  1. goonish
  2. goonishness
  3. goonism
  4. Gooniyandi
  5. goonjuice
  6. goonlike
  7. Goonoo Forest
  8. Goonoo Goonoo
  9. goonrod
  10. goonrods
  11. goons

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