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Word: coon (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A coonass.
  • racial slur A black person.
  • chiefly Southern US A raccoon.
  • South Africa A person who is a member of a colourfully dressed dancing troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.

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Verb:

  • AAVE For an African American, to play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
  • Georgia|colloquial To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
  • Southern US|colloquial|dated To steal.
  • Southern US|colloquial To straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
  • Southern US|colloquial To hunt racoons.

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