🤪 Silly or clumsy 🦅 A large seabird

goony

9.9

A large sea bird with black feet that lives in the Pacific

noun
/ˈɡuːni/

: albatros goony

Look at the goony look on his face!

Examples

I mean, we're all goonies, right?

Getting LOST (2024)
Goony looking?

Pig Hunt (2008)
To put it in layman's terms, Danny, we have got you by the goonies.

Fiction book (1998)
Goony-snissers.

Lilo & Stitch (2025)
Dwayne's daily arrival around lunchtime was heralded by the Goony Boys or some other disagreeable band blaring from his computer speakers.

Fiction book (2002)
The researcher studied the nesting habits of goony albatrosses on the remote islands.
During the boat trip, we spotted a group of goony birds soaring gracefully over the ocean.
Conservation efforts are focused on protecting the goony albatrosses that are native to the Pacific region.

Synonyms

goonie

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3 9.9

A large sea bird with black feet that lives in the North Pacific

is used more generally for this bird across wider Pacific areas

gooney

vsgoony

1 9.9

A large sea bird with long wings and black feet that lives in the North Pacific

is broader and covers the Pacific region not only the North

Diomedea nigripes

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Specialized

9.9

A large sea bird with dark feathers and black feet that lives in the North Pacific

is the general common name used for that bird across the Pacific region

black-footed albatross

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8.9

A large sea bird with dark feathers and black feet that flies over the North Pacific

refers more generally to this kind of albatross across the Pacific

gooney bird

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9.5

A large sea bird with long wings that looks clumsy on land

focuses on Pacific occurrence and black feet rather than clumsy behaviour

Surface Forms

goony singular

goonies plural

Etymology

Goony for the albatross comes from sailors' name gooney bird for a big sea bird that looks clumsy on land, so they called it 'gooney' or 'goony'. That's why goony today names that kind of albatross, especially the black-footed one.