racoon
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- noun
- /rəˈkun/
- US
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- At night, the racoon with its black facial mask played in the yard.
When does it go from pest to vermin to swamp thing or whatever house when you know raccoons, or I mean, they don't bother you in in the in nature.
- When does it go from pest to vermin to swamp thing or whatever house when you know raccoons, or I mean, they don't bother you in in the in nature.
- But and when the chef would cook duck, when they would make duck, they had loose floorboards in the back of the restaurant and they had a lot of raccoons in the wall.
- Wait before YouTube sends you down the rabbit hole of watching raccoon videos or videos of large crocodiles on Florida golf courses.
- You see those raccoon videos, bro, where they have hands when they're like on like this with their tummy and they're like imagine Netflix and chilling you, your girl in a raccoon.
Examples
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The racoon rummaged through the trash can looking for food.
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We spotted a racoon climbing a tree to reach its nest.
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How are we going to know what the racoon's kid even looks like?
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It was just a racoon, baby.
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That racoon's reward better be worth it.
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Like a cunning racoon.
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Today I'm going to be shooting an old school YouTube video and you're going to watch me sort through my trash like a little raccoon for your entertainment.
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Fun fact, Coolidge had a raccoon named Rebecca who was meant to be Thanksgiving dinner but became BFFS with the First Lady just in time.
Synonyms
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A small animal active at night with a black face mask that eats plants and animals
A medium-sized mammal from North America with a black face mask and clever front paws
A medium-sized North American animal with a black face mask, ringed tail, and clever front paws
Surface Forms
Etymology
Racoon comes from a Native American Algonquian word arakun that meant 'he scratches with his hands'. That's why a racoon is the small animal active at night with clever front paws that work like little 'hands' to open things.