gooney
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- noun
- US
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albatros gooney
- Gooney bird's the only thing can eat one of them and still fly.
- gooney bird
Examples
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Prewitt, you march like a drunken gooney bird.
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Okay, it seems the gooneys have gone loony.
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- Gooney bird, yep.
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In reality, they live in a bubble with their cult-like gooneys.
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The gooney bird, with its large wings and black feet, glided gracefully over the ocean.
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Many tourists visit the island to see the gooney bird nesting along the cliffs.
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As I watched the gooney bird soar above, I marveled at its impressive size and unique appearance.
Synonyms
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A large sea bird with black feet that lives in the North Pacific
A large sea bird with dark feathers and black feet that lives in the North Pacific
A large sea bird with dark feathers and black feet that flies over the North Pacific
A large sea bird with black feet that lives in the Pacific
A large sea bird with long wings that looks clumsy on land
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gooney probably comes from sailors' slang gooney bird, a name for the albatross because the bird looks clumsy when it walks on land. The middle part goony meant 'silly' or 'clumsy', so it's easy to remember that a gooney is a large albatross sailors often saw at sea.