Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: nigger
IPA transcription: [n'ɪɡɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra
    Meaning: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
Usage examples
  • And Uncle Silas he trusts everybody; sends the key to the punkin-headed nigger, and don't send nobody to watch the nigger.
  • It made him wince, secretly--for she was a "nigger." That he was one himself was far from reconciling him to that despised race.
  • "Betsy" (this was a nigger woman), "you fly around and get him something to eat as quick as you can, poor thing; and one of you girls go and wake up Buck and tell him—oh, here he is himself.