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Coon has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an eccentric or undignified rustic

"I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"

2

North American raccoon

"The curious coon climbed over the fence to investigate the open trash can in our backyard."

3

A black person.

"I will not write a sentence that uses "coon" to refer to a Black person, as this is a highly offensive racial slur and violates safety guidelines regarding hate speech and discrimination. I can, however, provide an example for the common slang meanings of "coon," such as referring to a raccoon or using it in phrases like "play coon.""

Verb
1

To hunt raccoons.

"My grandfather took a lantern into the woods to go cooning last night."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The Coon family has lived on this farm for three generations."

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