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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.
Pronunciation
Noun
goner (plural goners)
- (informal) 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.
2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620: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.
2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone:Retreat, in his view, means it’s […] about making plans for the migration of millions of people from low-lying regions like Bangladesh into Europe; about admitting that New Orleans is a goner and moving the people to cities better positioned for the future.
- (baseball slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.
Translations
someone doomed, a hopeless case
Further reading
Anagrams
- Egnor, Goren, Groen, Negro, Norge, Ogren, Rengo, Rogen, ergon, genro, grone, negro, ornge, reong
Middle English
Noun
goner
- Alternative form of gunner