Definition of Goonie

1. Noun. A variety of albatross with black feet.

Exact synonyms: Black-footed Albatross, Diomedea Nigripes, Gooney, Gooney Bird, Goony
Generic synonyms: Albatross, Mollymawk
Group relationships: Genus Diomedea

Definition of Goonie

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

2. Noun. (slang) a foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goonie

1. gooney [n -S] - See also: gooney

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goonie

goombah
goombahs
goombay
goombays
goon
goon-stick
goon squad
goon squads
goon stick
goonda
goondas
gooney
gooney bird
gooneys
goonie (current term)
goonier
goonies
gooniest
goonishness
goonlike
goons
goony
goop
goopier
goopiest
goopily
goops
goopy
goor

Literary usage of Goonie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat by John A. Warden, III (1995)
"... National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution A B-24 Liberator, with landing flaps down, skims over nesting goonie birds on Midway Island 21-24 ..."

2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"... from India, Bellary, and ditch. Indian corn, varieties of, from Nepal and Assam. Italian millet (Setaria itálica), from Calcutta ; Koon- goonie ..."

3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... Teran goonie, E.albus,\s caught in great nets, in immense numbers and by Europeans is highly esteemed for the breakfast table ; and one about 6 inches ..."

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