How to Pronounce "a goner"
expression
ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈɡɑnɝ
uh-GAW-ner
æɪ/ /ɡˈɒnɐ
uh-GON-uh
Definition
Someone or something that cannot be saved, or is certain to fail or die. Often used informally to say a person is doomed or a situation is hopeless.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈɡɑnɝ
British English
æɪ/ /ɡˈɒnɐ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
uh-GAW-ner
UK
uh-GON-uh
Listen in Context
After the car accident, we thought he was a goner, but he survived.
If we don't fix the leak soon, the boat is a goner.
Without water in this heat, the plants are goners.
The doctor said without surgery, I'm a goner.