coon

Meaning

Noun

1. A black person.
2. (informal) A raccoon.
3. (informal) A member of a colorfully 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. (colloquial) To hunt raccoons.
2. To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
3. (colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
4. (colloquial) 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. (colloquial) To steal.

Synonyms

common raccoon

racoon

raccoon

🦝

jigaboo

ringtail

nigra

common racoon

spade

nigger

Procyon lotor

nigga

washer bear

Northern raccoon

common North American raccoon

black

Northern Raccoon

fellow

hayseed

underbred

wog

yokel

bumpkinly

Common Raccoon

Raccoon

sly fellow

knowing fellow

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kun/

Etymology

Clipping of raccoon.