gooney

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noun

Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.

Similar
gooney birdblack-footed albatrossgooniegoonyDiomedea nigripes
OriginMiddle English gone →
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Meanings

noungooney (plural gooneys or goonies)

plural gooneys · plural goonies · alternative goonie · alternative goony

  1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.

    Synonyms: gooney bird

  2. slanga foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.

Similar
gooney bird

More synonyms by meaning

nouna variety of albatross with black feet

Similar
black-footed albatrossgooney birdgooniegoonyDiomedea nigripes
Broader
albatrossmollymawk
Also see
albatrossgooney birdgooniegoony

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgone
  2. Englishgooney

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

oogeny
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