Definition of goner
: one whose case is hopeless
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Examples of goner in a Sentence
This old computer is a goner. We'll have to get a new one.
Recent Examples of goner from the Web
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After 108 years, the historic East Olive Avenue Bridge is a goner.
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Post journalists are standing by the report, and many other outlets say McMaster is a goner.
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Remodeling means The Welly is a goner, but the basement will survive, live music and all.
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This tongue-in-cheek idea (mine) is a obviously a goner, since our laws frown on corporal punishment.
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McCutchen may have been a goner next winter, but Cole, Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco, Jameson Taillon, and top prospect Adam Frazier are as enviable a core as any with which to build a contender both in the present and the future.
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But that, too, was a goner; the dealership was among the hardest hit in the region, losing 700 vehicles to the murky floodwaters.
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But that, too, was a goner; the dealership was among the hardest hit in the region, losing 700 vehicles to the murky floodwaters.
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But that, too, was a goner; the dealership was among the hardest hit in the region, losing 700 vehicles to the murky floodwaters.
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First Known Use of goner
1850
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Definition of goner for English Language Learners
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: someone or something that is going to die or that can no longer be used
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Definition of goner for Students
: someone or something with no chance of surviving or succeeding
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