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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /kun/

Definition 1:
• A black person.
Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Definition 2:
• A raccoon.
Labels: Southern-US, informal

Definition 3:
• A black race traitor.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Oreo, Uncle Tom
Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Definition 4:
• A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
Labels: South-Africa, informal

Definition 5:
• A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
Labels: Southern-US, ethnic, slur

Definition 6:
• A sly fellow.
Labels: US, dated

Definition 7:
• 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
Pronunciation: /kun/

Definition 1:
• To hunt raccoons.
Labels: Southern-US, colloquial

Definition 2:
• To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
Labels: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Definition 3:
• To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
Labels: Southern-US, colloquial

Definition 4:
• To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
Labels: Georgia, colloquial

Definition 5:
• To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
Labels: of an African-American

Definition 6:
• To steal.
Labels: Southern-US, colloquial, dated

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coon