Definitions For Jigaboo

Noun

JIGABOO (plural JIGABOOs) (offensive, slang, dated) A black person (offensive, slang, dated) Any dark-skinned person.

Derived terms

jig nigaboo

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 黑鬼, tr=hēi gǔi Japanese: 黒んぼ (kuronbo)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly an African word akin to tshikabo, t=they bow the head docilely.Holloway, Joseph E, ed. (13 July 2005). Africanisms in American Culture: jiggabo Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo; see jig for more.

Is Jigaboo a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21

The word Jigaboo is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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