n. sl.
1. a stupid or playful person.
2 esp. US a person hired by racketeers etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents.
Etymology: perh. f. dial. gooney booby: infl. by the subhuman cartoon character 'Alice the Goon'
n. sl.
1. a stupid or playful person.
2 esp. US a person hired by racketeers etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents.
Etymology: perh. f. dial. gooney booby: infl. by the subhuman cartoon character 'Alice the Goon'
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012