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jigaboo

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/

jigaboo noun: a black person.

Noun

jigaboo (plural jigaboos)

  1. (dated, offensive, slang) A black person.
    • […] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]2012, Michael Rogers, Coconut Shells, page 3
  2. (dated, offensive, slang) Any dark-skinned person.

Forms of jigaboo

pluraljigaboos
alternative formgigaboo
alternative formjiggaboo
alternative formzigaboo
alternative formziggaboo

Origin of jigaboo

Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.

Words formed from jigaboo

Words that rhyme with jigaboo

Questions about jigaboo

What does jigaboo mean?
Jigaboo means a black person.
What part of speech is jigaboo?
Jigaboo is a noun.
How do you pronounce jigaboo?
Jigaboo is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/ (UK).
What is the plural of jigaboo?
The plural of jigaboo is jigaboos.

Words near jigaboo in the dictionary

  1. jig show
  2. jig up
  3. jig-a-jig
  4. jig-jig
  5. jig-jog
  6. jigaboo
  7. jigaboos
  8. jigajig
  9. jigamaree
  10. jigamarees
  11. Jigawa

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