(chiefly N. Amer.)a bully or thug, especially a member of an armed or security force (主北美)打手;暴徒(尤指武装团伙或安全部队中的成员) a squad of army goons waving pistols. 一队挥舞着手枪的军队暴徒。 ■(Brit.)a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War (英)(二次大战中德国战俘营的)看守
语源
mid 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect gooney 'booby'; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character 'Alice the Goon', created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist