coon
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Pronunciation
- IPA /kun/
Noun
coon noun
- (racial slur) A black person.
- A raccoon.
- A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
Verb
coon verb
- To hunt raccoons.
- To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
- To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
- (Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
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Synonyms
nigraspaderingtailcommon raccooncommon racoonprocyon lotorsandersraccoonrabbitcoonhoundracoonpossumopossumskunksquirrelnegro
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