goonda

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noun

A hired thug.

OriginHindi गुंडा →
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Meanings

noungoonda (plural goondas)

plural goondas · alternative gunda

  1. South AsiacolloquialA hired thug.

    ‘I cannot imagine the minds of goondas.’

    2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 31

Origin

  1. Hindiगुंडा
  2. Hindiगुंडा
  3. Englishgoonda

Borrowed from Hindi गुंडा (guṇḍā).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dagoonodango
Cite this entry
APA

goonda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goonda

MLA

“goonda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goonda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goonda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goonda.

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