# goons

Pronunciation: say "GOONZ" US /ɡunz/, UK /ɡuːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of goon. — plural of goon
   - Simple: Plural of goon. Use it when you mean more than one.
   - _Two goons stood outside the club, watching everyone who came in._
   - _The mill owners hired goons with clubs to break up the strike._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of goon. — third-person singular simple present indicative of goon
   - Simple: The form of goon used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Whenever the game slips away, their enforcer goons it up to change the momentum._
   - _The coach benches anyone who goons it up instead of skating hard._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/goons (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).