how to pronounce goon

/ɡuːn/

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the above transcription of goon is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

goon is pronounced in one syllable

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uː

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An example use of goon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… mr. Michael goon thank you very much mr …”

meaning of goon

A goon is a thug or a hoodlum.

goon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word goon occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics goon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that goon can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;