coon

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Informal A raccoon.
• noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The racoon, Procyon lotor: a popular abbreviation.
• noun [capitalized] In United States history, a nickname for a member of the Whig party in the earlier part of its history.
• noun A sly, knowing person: often strengthened by prefixing old. [Colloq., U. S.]
• To creep, as a coon along a branch of a tree; creep, clinging close.
• noun A negro.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) A raccoon. See raccoon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun informal A raccoon.
• noun ethnic 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 southern US, colloquial To hunt racoons.
• verb southern US, colloquial To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
• verb Georgia, colloquial To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
• verb African American Vernacular For an African American, to play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
• verb southern US, colloquial, dated To steal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
• noun an eccentric or undignified rustic
• noun North American raccoon