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Coon

noun
/kun/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.noun(racial slur) A black person.
2.nounA raccoon.
3.nounA member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
4.nounA coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
5.nounA sly fellow.
6.nounA black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
7.verbTo hunt raccoons.
8.verbTo traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
9.verbTo crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
10.verb(Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
11.verb(of an African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
12.verbTo steal.

Synonyms

nigraspaderingtailcommon raccooncommon racoonprocyon lotorsandersraccoonrabbitcoonhoundracoonpossum

Rhymes With

croonlagoonpicayunegoonmooncommuneopportunehewn
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