coon

Meanings

Plural: coons

Noun

• an eccentric or undignified rustic
  • "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
• (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
• North American raccoon
• A black person.
• A raccoon.
• A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
• A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
• A sly fellow.
• 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

• To hunt raccoons.
• To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
• To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
• To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
• To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
• To steal.

Synonyms

common raccoon, common racoon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, Procyon lotor, ringtail, spade