goner
pronunciation
How to pronounce goner in British English:
UK [ˈgɒnə(r)]
How to pronounce goner in American English:
US [ˈgɔnə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
Word Origin
- goner (n.)
- "something dead or about to die, person past recovery, one who is done for in any way," 1836, American English colloquial, from gone + -er (1). From earlier expressions such as gone goose (1830), gone coon, etc.
Example
- 1. When his parachute failed he thought he was a goner .
- 2. Pete told me you were a goner .
- 3. Guy 's pretty much a goner , huh ?
- 4. I thought l was a goner when I saw that car heading towards me .
- 5. The doctors were putting her quickly on an operating bed and saying that they had to hurry or she was going to be a goner .