English edit

Etymology edit

goon +‎ -like

Adjective edit

goonlike (comparative more goonlike, superlative most goonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a goon.
    • 2007 April 26, Janet Maslin, “Terrorists Reel in a Pawn From Small-Town Iraq”, in New York Times[1]:
      The village’s simple-minded boy, “a pure and innocent creature closer to the Lord than the saints,” is mowed down by goonlike American soldiers, one of them literally foaming at the mouth.