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Meaning of "jigaboo" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JIGABOO

jigaboo  [ˈdʒɪɡəˌbuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JIGABOO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jigaboo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JIGABOO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

List of ethnic slurs

The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or insulting manner in the English-speaking world. For the purposes of this list, an ethnic slur is a term designed to insult others on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nationality. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term. However the complexity of the issue of the listing and usage of such terms needs to be noted. For instance, many of the terms listed below are used by large numbers of human beings in many parts of the world as part of their ordinary speech or thinking without any intention of causing offence, and with little or no evidence that such usage does in fact cause much or indeed any offence, while the implicit or explicit labeling of such large numbers of people as racists, simply because they use some words on the list below, can itself be deeply unfair and insensitive and can thus cause deep offence.

Definition of jigaboo in the English dictionary

The definition of jigaboo in the dictionary is an offensive term for a Black person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JIGABOO


babu
ˈbɑːbuː
bamboo
bæmˈbuː
boo
buː
boubou
ˈbuːbuː
bubu
ˈbuːbuː
bugaboo
ˈbʌɡəˌbuː
Cariboo
ˈkærɪˌbuː
caribou
ˈkærɪˌbuː
Cebu
sɪˈbuː
habu
ˈhɑːbuː
konbu
ˈkɒnbuː
marabou
ˈmærəˌbuː
marabout
ˈmærəˌbuː
ombu
ɒmˈbuː
peekaboo
ˈpiːkəˌbuː
rubaboo
ˈrʌbəˌbuː
taboo
təˈbuː
tabu
təˈbuː
urubu
ˌuːruːˈbuː
zebu
ˈziːbuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JIGABOO

jig
jigajig
jigamaree
Jigawa
jigged
jigger
jigger flea
jiggered
jiggermast
jiggery-pokery
jigging
jiggish
jiggle
jiggly
jiggumbob
jiggy
jiglike
jigsaw
jigsaw puzzle

WORDS THAT END LIKE JIGABOO

boo-boo
coo
doo
goo
hoo
loo
me-too
moo
roo
shampoo
tattoo
the Cariboo
tickettyboo
tickety-boo
too
voodoo
Waterloo
woo
yahoo
zoo

Synonyms and antonyms of jigaboo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jigaboo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JIGABOO

Find out the translation of jigaboo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jigaboo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jigaboo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

jigaboo
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jigaboo
570 millions of speakers

English

jigaboo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jigaboo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jigaboo
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

jigaboo
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Jigaboo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jigaboo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jigaboo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jigaboo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jigaboo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jigaboo
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깜둥이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

jigaboo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழிவானவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिगबू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jigaboo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Jigaboo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jigaboo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

jigaboo
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jigaboo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jigaboo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jigaboo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jigaboo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jigaboo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jigaboo

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JIGABOO»

The term «jigaboo» is normally little used and occupies the 134.509 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of jigaboo
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «jigaboo».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JIGABOO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jigaboo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jigaboo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jigaboo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIGABOO»

Discover the use of jigaboo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jigaboo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory
Jigaboo women, on the other hand, are natural women with natural hair; the film focuses on them primarily as objects of ridicule, humor and negation. Rachel, Dap's girlfriend, 'the darkest thing on campus' in her own words, seems the leader ...
Michele Wallace, 1990
2
Classic Material: The Hip-hop Album Guide
The sly wit and devastating; insight of their lyrics are summed up perfectly on the musical skit "Jigaboo Time." The body of the song is a recitation of all the ways in which black folk shuck and jive, play themselves in order to get some play and ...
Oliver Wang, 2003
3
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and ...
Wannabee men and women and the Jigaboo male characters stayed at an expensive hotel, were given wardrobes, ate catered meals, and had their hair done by stylists. It was Spike Lee's policy for the groups to remain separate and unequal ...
Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, Clarenda M. Phillips, 2012
4
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Jimmy. Woodser. a. solitary. drinker. jig. jigaboo. jig-a-jig. jigger. jiggeredJimmy. Britts. jingle jinglingJohnny jism jit jitney jitterbug jocker Joe Blake Joe. jig1 noun 1 the jig is up it is all over, the game is up. 1800–. NATURE The weight of ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
5
The Sounds of Early Cinema
As Stern describes a meeting she had with Griffith in 1947, she danced and sang (as he transcribed it): Jigaboo, jigaboo—zis-boom-bah! Jigaboo, jigaboo—rah, rah, rah! I4. For a succinct overview of the recent shifts within musicology as a ...
Richard Abel, Rick R. Altman, 2001
6
Vibe
ALVA ROGERS (actress, played Jigaboo "Doris Witherspoon"): "You have to remember, for a lot of us, School Daze was our first film. It was just amazing to see that the majority of the people behind and in front of the camera were black.
7
Miracle Mile
Jigaboo. in. the. Back. of. the. Truck. The video ends with the declaration that it took “tens of thousands of years for civilization as we know it to reach the modern era,” and Harry, continuing his voiceover, says, “and it took thirty years for Harry ...
Walter Chaw
8
Cheryl
He said he took Cheryl to the VIP room to calm down whereupon she shouted, ' Get that jigaboo up here and I'll sort it out.' The word 'jigaboo' is a derogatory and offensive piece of American slang for a black person but not commonly used in ...
Sean Smith, 2010
9
Hatred for Black People
Jiffy Pop Blacks Specifically Rastifarians. The traditional Rastafarian hat resembles a popped container of Jiffy Pop popcorn Jig Blacks Short for Jigaboo. Jig And A Pig Blacks Black men go for fat white chicks Jigaboo Blacks Very dark- skinned ...
Shehu Sani, 2013
10
The Tiki Room
When Karen and I stood up from the rug in the living room one night putting our hands on our hips and sticking our elbows out to bounce them up and down, imitating the Africans on the television, and Karen had kept saying, "Jigaboo, ...
Cathy Nolan Vincevic, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JIGABOO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jigaboo is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What Do the Ferguson Movement, the Charleston Killings and Oil …
Jigaboo. This was my introduction to race in America -- which at 8 years old was a fish's introduction to the water. I remember thinking -- is that ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
A Look at History Explains Exactly Why Obama Can Use the N-Word …
According to AlterNet, he continued to use the term "nigger" and the even more antiquated "jigaboo" while talking to Kissinger during one of his ... «Mic, Jun 15»
3
This LSU Alum Has It All Wrong On Cultural Racism, Millennials And …
My mother jerked me out of a department store when, as a 4-year-old, I called a black boy a “jigaboo.” She told me we only used that word in ... «The Hayride, Jun 15»
4
How hate took hold of me: My friend and I could have been Dylann …
My mother jerked me out of a department store when, as a 4-year-old, I called a black boy a "jigaboo." She told me we only used that word in ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
5
Mr. Pink; Origins.
I bust in the door and see her half naked in bed with a jigaboo. “HONEY WHAT THE FUCK?!” “Oh my god baby, I'm sorry, you were never ... «moviepilot.com, May 15»
6
Review: "Misbehavin'" and "Plaid": Revues worth a listen
He also guided hip-hop creative Jeff Campbell's meta-critical and muscularly comedic one-man show "Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?" With "Ain't ... «The Denver Post, Apr 15»
7
Limits on free speech not a black-and-white issue
In Cleveland, television anchor Kristi Capel returned to the air recently after a three-day suspension for using the word "jigaboo," a deeply ... «The Detroit News, Mar 15»
8
Oklahoma frat fallout: Some speech protected, some punished
In Cleveland, television anchor Kristi Capel returned to the air recently after a three-day suspension for using the word “jigaboo,” a deeply ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Mar 15»
9
Why ABC's African-American 'Uncle Buck' pilot shouldn't be titled …
... you'd get things like coon, tom, pickaninny, mammy, sambo, jigaboo, buckwheat and the word that polite society has dubbed "The N-Word. «HitFix, Mar 15»
10
Lies, slurs and dodgy experts: welcome to the nightly news
Professor of Political Science, Jason Johnson, argued that it was a “total stretch” to believe that she did not know that jigaboo was a negative ... «The Conversation UK, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Jigaboo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/jigaboo>. May 2024 ».
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