Coon meaning : (racial slur) A black person. A raccoon. A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations. A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps. A sly fellow. A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians. To hunt raccoons. To traverse by crawling, as a ledge. To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek. (Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes. (of an African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians. To steal.