coon

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A black person.
2. noun A raccoon.
3. noun A black race traitor.
4. noun A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
5. noun A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
6. noun A sly fellow.
7. noun A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.

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8. verb To hunt raccoons.

Similar words

nigra spade ringtail common raccoon common racoon procyon lotor sanders raccoon rabbit coonhound

Often followed by

and creek songs dog rapids was in hunting song

Word family

coons