Meaning
6 senses(Southern US, colloquial)To hunt raccoons.
To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
(Southern US, colloquial)To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
(Georgia, colloquial)To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
(Southern US, colloquial, dated)To steal.
Examples
1 sentencesIt will really take you a coon's age to finish your work.
Origin
Clipping of raccoon.Clipping of raccoon.
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Forms
coons, cooning, cooned, coonedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle