Raccoon
noun
A mammal that is native to North America, known for its bushy tail and fur on its face that looks like a mask.
A raccoon was rummaging through our trash last night.
Often appears as...
- raccoon fur
- raccoon eyes
noun
In a derogatory sense, a thief or a sneaky person.
Stop being such a raccoon and ask before you take my things.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A mammal that is native to North America, known for its bushy tail and fur on its face that looks like a mask.
A raccoon was rummaging through our trash last night.
Often appears as...
- raccoon fur
- raccoon eyes
noun
In a derogatory sense, a thief or a sneaky person.
Stop being such a raccoon and ask before you take my things.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Native Habitat
Raccoons are associated with North America, so the term is often linked to American culture or wildlife.
The raccoon is a symbol of wildlife in many American camping stories.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Activity
Raccoons are nocturnal, so their name might imply someone who is active at night.
Like a raccoon, she explored the city's nightlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity
Raccoons are often seen as curious due to their scavenging habits, which can be a metaphor for inquisitiveness.
He's got a raccoon's curiosity, always snooping in new places.
Pro Tip 1/3Native Habitat
Raccoons are associated with North America, so the term is often linked to American culture or wildlife.
The raccoon is a symbol of wildlife in many American camping stories.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Activity
Raccoons are nocturnal, so their name might imply someone who is active at night.
Like a raccoon, she explored the city's nightlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity
Raccoons are often seen as curious due to their scavenging habits, which can be a metaphor for inquisitiveness.
He's got a raccoon's curiosity, always snooping in new places.
Pro Tip 1/3Native Habitat
Raccoons are associated with North America, so the term is often linked to American culture or wildlife.
The raccoon is a symbol of wildlife in many American camping stories.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Activity
Raccoons are nocturnal, so their name might imply someone who is active at night.
Like a raccoon, she explored the city's nightlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity
Raccoons are often seen as curious due to their scavenging habits, which can be a metaphor for inquisitiveness.
He's got a raccoon's curiosity, always snooping in new places.
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Video examples
How to Raise a Baby...
he's a wildlife biologist at a nearby outdoor education center and I think he's brought a little friend for us look at today what is it baby bear nicer baby raccoon but a week old still got his eyes closed we're just gonna be back well somebody called me the other night and he said well you come get this baby raccoon to take care of it because I
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The Survival of the Sea...
the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs, gulls, raccoons, and other threats
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Bring on the Bobcats PIPE...
rarely seen and photographed JC has been part of a two-year study developed to learn more about these elusive cats but it isn't easy as is frustrating to catch raccoons frustrating because for every hundred animals he traps there was only one Bobcat but he has trapped and
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What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
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What vaccinating vampire...
but maybe we could stop the virus from hitching a ride along with the bat. And that brings us to the key lesson that we have learned from rabies-management programs all around the world, whether it's dogs, foxes, skunks, raccoons,
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Making wildlife a part...
we can only pay attention in short bursts and short bursts don't have lasting benefits my personal love affair with wildlife started in Chicago of all places I grew up in a woody suburb where foxes and raccoons and deer would
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Bring on the female...
It's a film that absolutely should not work. Nobody knew who they were except for comic book nerds like me. One of the characters is a talking tree. One of the characters is an anthropomorphic raccoon. It should not work.
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
they're on another level now I have a bit of a crazy theory about raccoons I believe they are plotting the end of the world now they were pretty shocked to hear that I discovered their plan and the
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TIL: There's Probably a...
every city block probably has a raccoon living on it and people very rarely see them or or even know that they're these animals
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David Attenborough...
in an attempt to thwart garbage Raiders rubbish collection continues around the clock but raccoons equipped to take advantage
Video examples
How to Raise a Baby...
he's a wildlife biologist at a nearby outdoor education center and I think he's brought a little friend for us look at today what is it baby bear nicer baby raccoon but a week old still got his eyes closed we're just gonna be back well somebody called me the other night and he said well you come get this baby raccoon to take care of it because I
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs, gulls, raccoons, and other threats
Video examples
Bring on the Bobcats PIPE...
rarely seen and photographed JC has been part of a two-year study developed to learn more about these elusive cats but it isn't easy as is frustrating to catch raccoons frustrating because for every hundred animals he traps there was only one Bobcat but he has trapped and
Video examples
What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
Video examples
What vaccinating vampire...
but maybe we could stop the virus from hitching a ride along with the bat. And that brings us to the key lesson that we have learned from rabies-management programs all around the world, whether it's dogs, foxes, skunks, raccoons,
Video examples
Making wildlife a part...
we can only pay attention in short bursts and short bursts don't have lasting benefits my personal love affair with wildlife started in Chicago of all places I grew up in a woody suburb where foxes and raccoons and deer would
Video examples
Bring on the female...
It's a film that absolutely should not work. Nobody knew who they were except for comic book nerds like me. One of the characters is a talking tree. One of the characters is an anthropomorphic raccoon. It should not work.
Video examples
A Quest to Find Canada’s...
they're on another level now I have a bit of a crazy theory about raccoons I believe they are plotting the end of the world now they were pretty shocked to hear that I discovered their plan and the
Video examples
TIL: There's Probably a...
every city block probably has a raccoon living on it and people very rarely see them or or even know that they're these animals
Video examples
David Attenborough...
in an attempt to thwart garbage Raiders rubbish collection continues around the clock but raccoons equipped to take advantage
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
James Gunn
American Director
When I got hired to do 'Guardians,' it was the dream of a lifetime for me. This is what I've been working towards. I've always wanted to create a space adventure, and especially a space adventure with a raccoon. Now that I'm finally able to do it, I created exactly the movie I wanted to make.
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Gregory Porter
American Musician
The nice thing about living in a semi-small town is that I can just go home and switch off. I go home now and I trim roses, rake leaves, wake up early in the morning and scare the raccoons off the lawn! It's kinda nice, that's the way I turn off, in Bakersfield, California.
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Steven Tyler
American Singer
I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
We may never find a way to live in suburbia with deer as we do with raccoons, say, or squirrels. So for this reason, it's very important that we make sure always to save enough wild or open land so that they can live in their normal manner.
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Phil Donahue
American Entertainer
Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.
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Mike Leach
American Coach
Tracked a raccoon one time in the snow. I was in the neighborhood and I was just curious where this raccoon lived. There's some fresh raccoon tracks. He'd been digging at somebody's garbage.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.
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Emily Meade
American Actress
I definitely went through some dark teenage years. I wore black raccoon eyeliner every single day. I would be late to school if I didn't have time to put my eyeliner on.
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Kathi Appelt
American Writer
I always wanted to write a raccoon story. I don't know why. It's not like I want to own a raccoon or anything like that. I'm just fascinated by them.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon. I was maybe 8 or 9.
Quote examples
James Gunn
American Director
When I got hired to do 'Guardians,' it was the dream of a lifetime for me. This is what I've been working towards. I've always wanted to create a space adventure, and especially a space adventure with a raccoon. Now that I'm finally able to do it, I created exactly the movie I wanted to make.
Quote examples
Gregory Porter
American Musician
The nice thing about living in a semi-small town is that I can just go home and switch off. I go home now and I trim roses, rake leaves, wake up early in the morning and scare the raccoons off the lawn! It's kinda nice, that's the way I turn off, in Bakersfield, California.
Quote examples
Steven Tyler
American Singer
I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
We may never find a way to live in suburbia with deer as we do with raccoons, say, or squirrels. So for this reason, it's very important that we make sure always to save enough wild or open land so that they can live in their normal manner.
Quote examples
Phil Donahue
American Entertainer
Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.
Quote examples
Mike Leach
American Coach
Tracked a raccoon one time in the snow. I was in the neighborhood and I was just curious where this raccoon lived. There's some fresh raccoon tracks. He'd been digging at somebody's garbage.
Quote examples
Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.
Quote examples
Emily Meade
American Actress
I definitely went through some dark teenage years. I wore black raccoon eyeliner every single day. I would be late to school if I didn't have time to put my eyeliner on.
Quote examples
Kathi Appelt
American Writer
I always wanted to write a raccoon story. I don't know why. It's not like I want to own a raccoon or anything like that. I'm just fascinated by them.
Quote examples
Nikki Reed
American Actress
I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon. I was maybe 8 or 9.
Example 1 of 10
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