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Word entry · 5 letters

goner

Best crossword clue

"Lost cause"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted egnorStarts with GEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2O3N4E5R

Definitions

  1. a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

Word origin

From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.

Used in a sentence

  • I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.
  • You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.
  • 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.

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