goner


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gon·er

 (gô′nər, gŏn′ər)
n. Slang
One that is ruined or doomed.
[From gone.]
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goner

(ˈɡɒnə)
n
slang a person or thing beyond help or recovery, esp a person who is dead or about to die
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gon•er

(ˈgɔ nər, ˈgɒn ər)

n. Informal.
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
[1840–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.goner - a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast"
toast
desperate - a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
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Translations

goner

[ˈgɒnəʳ] N he's a goner → está en las últimas, se nos va
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goner

[ˈgɒnər] n
to be a goner → être fichu(e), être foutu(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

goner

n (inf) to be a goner (patient) → es nicht mehr lange machen; (socially, professionally: person, company) → weg vom Fenster sein (inf); if you pull out the whole plan’s a goner → wenn du nicht mitmachst, wird aus der ganzen Sache nichts
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goner

[ˈgɒnəʳ] n (fam) I thought you were a goner → pensavo che ormai fossi spacciato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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"That claw is a goner," one of the station baggage-men said, straightening up from an examination of Michael through the bars.
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He 's a goner anyhow in about five minutes--yeh kin see that.
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"Hi, there--look out, Em!" exclaimed the old man, as Aunt Em advanced a step; "take care o' the wild beastses, or you're a goner!"
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I thought I was a goner, for whenever anybody was after anybody I judged it was ME -- or maybe Jim.
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"They're goners, I guess," said the Patchwork Girl.
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The Karakoram Highway has been opened for all types of traffic after being blocked at 25 points between Tatta Pani and Goner Form in Diamer district.
Karakoram Highway opens for all types of traffic
Higgins's fellow Scot Stephen Maguire is also a goner after a shock 4-2 loss to Yuan Sijun last night.
Higgins's horror year is showing no end in sight; UPDATE
ISLAMABAD -- Five women including a girl were killed and four other people injured when a van skidded off the road due to snow and fell into Indus River near Goner in Diamer on Thursday, police said.
5 killed as van falls into Indus River in Diamer
According to police sources, the passengers carry van was on way to Islamabad from Gilgit when the driver lost control and the van overturned on Karakorarm Highway in district Diamer near Goner Farm.
Four killed, four injured as carry van overturned in Gilgit
Goner put the record out in 1998, it killed, and everyone moved on.
NOTES from the UNDERGROUND
Simon Ereira says he thought he 'was a goner' when he started hallucinating
'Aussie flu made me so ill I saw Minions'

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