Goner
noun
A person or thing that is doomed or cannot be saved.
Without the life jacket, he's a goner in this rough sea.
Often appears as...
- he's a goner
- that's a goner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person or thing that is doomed or cannot be saved.
Without the life jacket, he's a goner in this rough sea.
Often appears as...
- he's a goner
- that's a goner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Inevitable Outcome
Used when someone or something's failure or demise seems certain and unavoidable.
With that much damage to the engine, the car's a goner.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Situations
Often used in dramatic or life-threatening contexts, rather than minor setbacks.
After the avalanche, the stranded hiker was a goner.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Considered informal speech, more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
Everyone laughed when he said he was a goner after eating too much chili.
Pro Tip 1/3Inevitable Outcome
Used when someone or something's failure or demise seems certain and unavoidable.
With that much damage to the engine, the car's a goner.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Situations
Often used in dramatic or life-threatening contexts, rather than minor setbacks.
After the avalanche, the stranded hiker was a goner.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Considered informal speech, more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
Everyone laughed when he said he was a goner after eating too much chili.
Pro Tip 1/3Inevitable Outcome
Used when someone or something's failure or demise seems certain and unavoidable.
With that much damage to the engine, the car's a goner.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Situations
Often used in dramatic or life-threatening contexts, rather than minor setbacks.
After the avalanche, the stranded hiker was a goner.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Considered informal speech, more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
Everyone laughed when he said he was a goner after eating too much chili.
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Video examples
Why Are Plankton the...
oceans would be a barren wasteland of watery nothingness but it doesn't stop in the water with the foundation of the food chain gone seabirds with nothing to eat would soon fall from the sky seals dead through hunger polar bears yep they're goners - and this is where a world without plankton would start to
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
of ting goners so it wasn't a great place for him to have killed it and being sort of more nomadic smaller leopard in many respects then somebody like ting garnet made it sort of a bit of a difficult time for him anyway he's niala are going to kind of disappear at us now shortly so we're going to send
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Prairie Dog Romance PIPE...
characters have an underground maze of escape hatches that will make your head spin luckily many of the dogs have a weakness for the hard stuff oats they can't resist them a handful of votes in front of them and they're goners
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Art can heal PTSD's...
He watched as a corpsman passed him over, declaring him a goner, and then leaving him to die. Years later, after his physical wounds had healed and he'd returned home, he rarely spoke of his experiences in waking life.
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Cannibal Scorpions vs....
class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal sting the vanquished scorpion falls prey to the lethal neurotoxin it's a goner
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Penguin Parent Patrol PIPE...
even after the baby is hatched it's dad who keeps the baby in the brood pouch good thing too just two minutes in the elements and the chick would be a goner
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Centipede vs. Snake PIPE...
centipede mom fights back in defense but the snake holds on with hungry determination the snake's venom works and the centipede is a goner now the
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Anaconda vs. Mammal PIPE...
these birds can save themselves but the capivara it's a goner anacondas don't poison
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Best '08! Anaconda Hunts...
these birds can save themselves but the capybara it's a goner anacondas don't
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Anaconda Stalks World's...
these birds can save themselves but the capybara it's a goner anacondas don't
Video examples
Why Are Plankton the...
oceans would be a barren wasteland of watery nothingness but it doesn't stop in the water with the foundation of the food chain gone seabirds with nothing to eat would soon fall from the sky seals dead through hunger polar bears yep they're goners - and this is where a world without plankton would start to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
of ting goners so it wasn't a great place for him to have killed it and being sort of more nomadic smaller leopard in many respects then somebody like ting garnet made it sort of a bit of a difficult time for him anyway he's niala are going to kind of disappear at us now shortly so we're going to send
Video examples
Prairie Dog Romance PIPE...
characters have an underground maze of escape hatches that will make your head spin luckily many of the dogs have a weakness for the hard stuff oats they can't resist them a handful of votes in front of them and they're goners
Video examples
Art can heal PTSD's...
He watched as a corpsman passed him over, declaring him a goner, and then leaving him to die. Years later, after his physical wounds had healed and he'd returned home, he rarely spoke of his experiences in waking life.
Video examples
Cannibal Scorpions vs....
class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal sting the vanquished scorpion falls prey to the lethal neurotoxin it's a goner
Video examples
Penguin Parent Patrol PIPE...
even after the baby is hatched it's dad who keeps the baby in the brood pouch good thing too just two minutes in the elements and the chick would be a goner
Video examples
Centipede vs. Snake PIPE...
centipede mom fights back in defense but the snake holds on with hungry determination the snake's venom works and the centipede is a goner now the
Video examples
Anaconda vs. Mammal PIPE...
these birds can save themselves but the capivara it's a goner anacondas don't poison
Video examples
Best '08! Anaconda Hunts...
these birds can save themselves but the capybara it's a goner anacondas don't
Video examples
Anaconda Stalks World's...
these birds can save themselves but the capybara it's a goner anacondas don't
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Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time's a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
The fake republics are goners; the monarchies have a fighting chance. That's my conclusion after a short visit to the Middle East and discussions with officials and analysts there.
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George A. Romero
American Director
I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I knew that we were goners.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time's a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners.
Quote examples
Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
The fake republics are goners; the monarchies have a fighting chance. That's my conclusion after a short visit to the Middle East and discussions with officials and analysts there.
Quote examples
George A. Romero
American Director
I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I knew that we were goners.
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