goner

plural goners · alternative gonner

1. informalSomeone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

   I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.

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   You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.

   ‘By cripes, boss, we thought you were a goner.’

   1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 128

   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.

   2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620

   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.

   2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone

   Synonyms: gone goose

2. slangball gamesA ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.