Gooney

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    a variety of albatross with black feet wordnet
  3. 3
    a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon. slang

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