goner
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/
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/ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/ · /ˈɡɔːnɚ/
Definition of goner
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(informal)Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
“I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.”
“You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.”
“The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground.”
“Retreat, in his view, means it’s […] about making plans for the migration of millions of people from low-lying regions like Bangladesh into Europe; about admitting that New Orleans is a goner and moving the people to cities better positioned for the future.”
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noun
-
(informal)Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
“I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.”
“You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.”
“The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground.”
“Retreat, in his view, means it’s […] about making plans for the migration of millions of people from low-lying regions like Bangladesh into Europe; about admitting that New Orleans is a goner and moving the people to cities better positioned for the future.”
- (slang)A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.
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