goony

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal.
2. (slang) Silly, crazy, foolish, stupid, or awkward.

Noun

1. (informal) a goon; a foolish, stupid, silly, or awkward person.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of gooney (gooney bird, the black-footed albatross).

Synonyms

gooney

gooney bird

goonie

black-footed albatross

Diomedea nigripes

meshuga

rattlebrained

sottish

unwise

cockamamy

nutty as a fruitcake

insipient

sawney

dunderheaded

clottish

lamebrained

oxlike

duncelike

chowderheaded

boobish

twp

lunkish

wisdomless

twatty

anserine

melon-headed

Boeotian

cockamamie

hen-witted

insensate

Translations

albern

dumm

närrisch

töricht

narrenhaft

insensé

sot

albatros à pieds noirs

baggiano

burattinesco

ciucco

dissennato

insensato

insulso

albatros negre

Etymology

* From goon + -y. Also as a shortened form of gooney.