English Explanatory Dictionary

coon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black person.
  2. A raccoon.
  3. A black race traitor.
  4. A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
  5. A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
  6. A sly fellow.
  7. 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. To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
  5. To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
  6. To steal.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kun/ /kuːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coon.wav

Word forms

coon coons cooning cooned

Etymology

Clipping of raccoon.

Synonyms

Oreo Uncle Tom

Related words

'coon

Derived words

Africoon Africoon-Americoon Africoonia Africoonian Afrocoon Americoon congresscoon coonery coonfuse coonish coonmunity coon song coontact coontinent Coontown coon tune coonvicted coonviction dune coon Martin Lucifer Coon Mexicoon neocoon Republicoon Somalicoon zip coon coon cat coon dick coondog coon-eyed coon grape coonhound coonology Coon Rapids coon's age coonshit coonskin Maine Coon coon it
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