goon

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Noun

1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
2. A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
3. A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
4. An enforcer or fighter.
5. A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
6. One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.
7. Box wine.
8. A member of the comedy website Something Awful.

Verb

1. To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.
2. To legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.
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Verb

1. To masturbate for long periods of time without reaching a climax.
2. To masturbate (in general).

Noun

1. A wine flagon or cask.
2. Cheap or inferior cask wine.

Noun

1. A Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer, considered the first Sino-Japanese kanji reading type used in Japan.
   • The Buddhist term 権化 is read as gonge, using the kanji's goon readings.

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