goner

UK /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/ US /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.

You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.

A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.

ADV.

only

noun — a person in desperate straits

I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.

Wiktionary

You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.

Wiktionary

The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground.

Wiktionary

He's a goner.

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Tom thought he was a goner.

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You're a goner.

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i Register

In some senses, goner is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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