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coon

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /kun/

Noun

coon noun

  1. (racial slur) A black person.
  2. A raccoon.
  3. A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
  4. A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.

Verb

coon verb

  1. To hunt raccoons.
  2. To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
  3. To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
  4. (Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.

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