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Definition of "jigaboo" []

  • Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jigaboo" in a sentence
  • "Not the Irish one, not the ginger one, not the one who was supposed to have called a bathroom attendant a "jigaboo" and not the completely nondescript one – Sarah Harding is the blonde one who seems to be contractually obliged to appear in a bra in at least one tabloid newspaper every day."
  • "It's about doing the right thing and somebody not being able to call you a "jigaboo" or a "wannabe"."
  • "The student recalls a student calling President Obama a "jigaboo"."