nigger

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Synonyms: snigger, jigger, nogger, ligger, nagger, wigger, figger, rigger, digger, zigger, pigger

Antonyms: snigger, jigger, nogger, ligger, nagger, wigger, figger, rigger, digger, zigger, pigger

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|offensive|ethnic slur|vulgar|see [[nigger#Usage notes|usage notes]]}} A [[black]] [[person]]; a person of black [[African]] descent.
2. {{lb|en|offensive|ethnic slur|vulgar|see [[nigger#Usage notes|usage notes]]}} A [[member]] of any [[typically]] [[dark]]-skinned [[people]] {{q|now especially in combinations like {{m|en|prairie nigger}} or {{m|en|sand nigger}}}}.
3. {{lb|en|AAVE}} A [[friend]], [[particularly]] a [[fellow]] [[black]] [[person]] {{q|often as an informal term of address}}.
4. {{lb|en|figurative|especially|AAVE|otherwise|offensive}} A [[person]] of [[any]] [[kind]] ([[particularly]] as a [[term]] of [[abuse]]).
5. {{lb|en|especially in comparisons|now|offensive}} A member of a group that is oppressed or marginalized in the manner of black people.
6. {{lb|en|now|offensive}} Any of various dark animals:
7. {{lb|en|archaic|electrical}} An [[impurity]] in the covering of an [[electrical]] [[conductor]] which serves to make a partial [[short circuit]], and thus becomes sufficiently heated to burn and destroy the [[insulation]].
8. {{lb|en|archaic}} A strong iron-bound [[timber]] with sharp [[tooth|teeth]] or [[spike]]s protruding from its front face, forming part of the [[machinery]] of a [[sawmill]], and used in [[cant]]ing [[log]]s, etc.
9. {{lb|en|archaic|US}} A [[steam]]-[[capstan]] on some [[Mississippi]] river boats, used to haul the boat over bars and snags by a rope fastened to a tree on the bank.
10. {{lb|en|film|dated}} A black [[screen]] used in conjunction with the [[camera]] to block light or produce special lighting effects.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[exhaust]] ([[soil]]) by [[crop]]ping it year by year without [[manure]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|now|_|offensive}} To perform in [[blackface]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|offensive}} To behave as a [[stereotypical]] black person.
5. {{lb|en|uncommon|transitive|offensive}} To treat as inferior.

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