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Wondering how to use Gooney in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as albatross.

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Gooney meaning

  1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  2. a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

Synonyms of Gooney

black-footed albatross gooney bird goonie goony diomedea nigripes albatross mollymawk

Related words

Other words often associated with Gooney or its synonyms:

millstone handicap balk hinderance check impediment hindrance baulk deterrent

Using Gooney

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases. | a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.
  • Useful related words include: black-footed albatross, gooney bird, goonie, goony.

Context around Gooney

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ubiquitous 1×

Often after:

bird 1× birds 1×

Sentence patterns with Gooney

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

arepas at gooney s 1× is a gooney bird in 1× the ubiquitous gooney birds albatrosses 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

previously i tried 1× tourists transferred to 1×

Common sentence endings:

at gooney s 1× go to work 1× gooney birds albatrosses 1×

Words around Gooney

Just before it in the word index:

gooners 3 goonellabah 4 goondiwindi 3 goondas 4 goondaism 3 goonda 3

Just after it in the word index:

goong 3 goonhilly 2 goonies 13 goonoo 3 goons 99 goood 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Gooney

  • In this selection, "gooney" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ubiquitous, bird and birds stand out and add context to how "gooney" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include arepas at gooney s and is a gooney bird in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gooney" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gooney

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Previously, I tried two other arepas at Gooney’s. (9 words)

So this is a gooney bird in hand situation, a capable airframe and available crew ready to go to work. (20 words)

Tourists transferred to a small powerboat that ferried them to a pier, then rode in "woody" wagons to the Pan Am Hotel or the "Gooneyville Lodge", named after the ubiquitous "Gooney birds" ( albatrosses ). (33 words)

Longer example sentences

Tourists transferred to a small powerboat that ferried them to a pier, then rode in "woody" wagons to the Pan Am Hotel or the "Gooneyville Lodge", named after the ubiquitous "Gooney birds" ( albatrosses ). (33 words)

So this is a gooney bird in hand situation, a capable airframe and available crew ready to go to work. (20 words)

Previously, I tried two other arepas at Gooney’s. (9 words)

Example sentences (3)

Previously, I tried two other arepas at Gooney’s.

So this is a gooney bird in hand situation, a capable airframe and available crew ready to go to work.

Tourists transferred to a small powerboat that ferried them to a pier, then rode in "woody" wagons to the Pan Am Hotel or the "Gooneyville Lodge", named after the ubiquitous "Gooney birds" ( albatrosses ).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gooney" in a sentence?
An example: "Previously, I tried two other arepas at Gooney’s." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "gooney" from authentic English texts.
What does "gooney" mean?
Gooney means: Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
What are synonyms of "gooney"?
Common synonyms of "gooney" include: black-footed albatross, gooney bird, goonie, goony, diomedea nigripes, albatross, mollymawk.
How many example sentences with "gooney" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "gooney", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.