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