COON

coon

(noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic; “I’ll be a gone coon when the battle starts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

coon (plural coons)

(racial slur) A black person.

(informal, chiefly, Southern US) A raccoon.

(informal, South Africa) A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.

(Southern US, ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.

(US, dated) A sly fellow.

(African-American Vernacular) 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

coon (third-person singular simple present coons, present participle cooning, simple past and past participle cooned)

(Southern US, colloquial) To hunt raccoons.

(climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.

(Southern US, colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.

(Georgia (US), colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.

(African American Vernacular English, of an, African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.

(Southern US, colloquial, dated) To steal.

Anagrams

• Ocon, cono-, onco-

Proper noun

Coon (plural Coons)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coon is the 2,116^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17,097 individuals. Coon is most common among individuals classified as "White" (91.71%) by the U.S. Census Bureau.