Usually means: Clumsy, foolish, or awkward person.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word gooney:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. gooney: Merriam-Webster
  2. gooney: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gooney: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gooney: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gooney: Wordnik
  6. gooney: Wiktionary
  7. gooney: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. gooney: Dictionary.com
  9. Gooney: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gooney: Rhymezone
  11. gooney: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gooney: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. gooney: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gooney, gooney: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gooney: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gooneys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gooney)

noun:  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.
noun:  (slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

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