coon
- Noun. (informal, chiefly) A raccoon.
- Noun. (context, racial slur) A black person.
- Noun. (informal, South Africa) A person who is a member of a colourfully dressed dancing troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- Noun. A coonass.
- Verb. (context, Southern US) To hunt racoons.
- Verb. (context, Southern US) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
- Verb. (context, Georgia) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
- Verb. (African American Vernacular English) For an African American, to play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- Verb. (context, Southern US) To steal.
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