Associations to the word «Coon»

Wiktionary

COON, noun. (informal) (chiefly Southern US) A raccoon.
COON, noun. (racial slur) A black person.
COON, noun. (informal) (South Africa) A person who is a member of a colourfully dressed dancing troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
COON, noun. (Southern US) (ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
COON, verb. (Southern US) (colloquial) To hunt racoons.
COON, verb. (climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
COON, verb. (Southern US) (colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
COON, verb. (Georgia) (colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
COON, verb. (African American Vernacular English) (of an African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
COON, verb. (Southern US) (colloquial) (dated) To steal.
COON CAT, noun. (US) A Maine Coon
COON CATS, noun. Plural of coon cat
COON EYES, noun. (idiomatic) (informal) The state of the orbits of the eyes (especially the undereyes) having a blueish-purplish coloration
COON HOUND, noun. Alternative spelling of coonhound
COON HOUNDS, noun. Plural of coon hound
COON IT, verb. To crawl by straddling a log, especially in crossing a creek, or similar, such as a construction beam.

Dictionary definition

COON, noun. An eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts".
COON, noun. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga".
COON, noun. North American raccoon.

Wise words

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