goony
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8.9
- adjective
- /ˈɡuːni/
- Informal
:
tonto
- "If you were, like, fifty pounds lighter, and if you wore cowboy boots some armadillo gave its life for instead of those goony shoes, you'd be a dead ringer for Les." "Jesus!"
Examples
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Some of them, to be sure, are as goony and loony as any of their followers and are not to be distinguished by sound or look from the ninnies.
Blog text (34) -
Brian Posehn is known as "that goony guy with the glasses, you know, from that thing on TV."
Blog text (1) -
You pointy-heads has no more idea of traffic control than a goony bird !
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And what constitutes goony shoes?
Fiction book (2002) -
Was it kinda goony lookin'?
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He couldn't believe he was actually getting into this goony game.
Fiction book (1999) -
Also, "The Coens" are the first to make a silenced shotgun and cattle killer a deadly duo that could only be used by this goony man.
Blog text (20) -
Oh, the rockin’ goony bird is seldom ever heard Even in the reaches of his jungle home The beast!
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Wearing a bright yellow tutu, he looked rather goony at the party.
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Her goony dance moves made everyone laugh during the talent show.
Synonyms
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3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
33
7.7
Awkward and not fashionable in a slightly silly way
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3.2
Saying or writing things in an awkward, not skillful way that causes embarrassment
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8.2
Being silly and a little strange in a friendly way
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6.5
Moving or standing in a clumsy way
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4.5
Acting in a silly, exaggerated way like a clown
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8.2
Being silly and slightly crazy in a way that seems funny and harmless
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7.5
Moving awkwardly and often causing small accidents or embarrassment
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9.8
Silly in a way that shows bad judgment
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7.9
Funny in a silly physical way like clumsy falls and loud actions
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7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
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9.9
Being silly and not thinking clearly
Very awkward and unsteady in a way that looks funny
Very foolish and showing little sense
Silly and acting in a foolish, awkward way
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goony meaning 'silly' or 'awkward' probably comes from the same image as the clumsy gooney bird, so calling someone 'goony' is like saying they act like a big, awkward bird in a funny way.