English Dictionary

coon

/kun/

noun

(ethnic slur) A black person. / (informal, chiefly Southern US) A raccoon. / (informal, South Africa) A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.

He used a racial slur and called him a coon.

意味（1）

(ethnic slur) A black person.

And that one looks Jewish, and that one's a coon! Who let all this riff-raff into the room?

意味（2）

(informal, chiefly Southern US) A raccoon.

He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(US, dated) A sly fellow.

意味（6）

(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.