Dictionary

goner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• gänʹər (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• gônʹər (General-American)
• /ˈɡɔːnɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.

Meanings

1. (informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
   • You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.
   • 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. 2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone:
   • I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.
   • 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. 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620:
2. (slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.

Forms

Synonyms

gone goose

Translations (17)

de Verlorener (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · cs vyřízený člověk (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · de Todgeweihter (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · cs syn smrti (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · pt perdido (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · de erlediger Mensch (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · la mortuus (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · de erledigte Person (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · ca mort (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · cs beznadějný případ (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · es piltrafa (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · es hombre muerto (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · ru ко́нченый челове́к (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · ru пропа́щий челове́к (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · fr homme mort (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · it spacciato (someone doomed, a hopeless case) · de hoffnungsloser Fall (someone doomed, a hopeless case)