This list might help you understand just what the heck us cooners are talking about.

Babbler: A dog that barks as soon as it is released even when there is no scent or track.
Backtrack: Folowing a raccoon track in the wrong direction.
Bawl: The long drawn out howl of a coonhound.
Bay: The bawl or bark that a coonhound uses when it has game cornered on the ground.
Broke: A dog that will chase raccoons and nothing else.
Caged coon: A live raccoon in a cage used to help train coonhound puppies.
Changeover: The change in a coonhounds bark when it stops trailing and starts treeing.
Chop: Short bark, usually tree barking. Some coonhounds chop on trail also.
Close hunter: A dog that hunts within 100 yards of you. This becomes more desirable the older you get!
Cold nosed: Referring to a dog that works old tracks.
Cur: Tree dogs other than coonhounds.
Dam: Female parent.
Drop: a place to hunt, to hunt
Dropped: Send dog hunting, i.e. we dropped a couple dogs in the section
Finished: Can mean either a fully trained dog , or a Grand Nite Champion.
Freeze brand: Branding method that permanently turns dark hair light.
Grand Nite Champion: Title earned in UKC competitions.
Gyp: A female coonhound.
Handler: Person responsible for a dog in competition.
Hide hunter: Person who hunts raccoons for the fur.
Hot nose: Dogs that prefer new fresh tracks.
Independent: A dog that works alone rather than as part of a pack.
Instant strike: Dog that opens at the slightest scent. Often confused with a babbler.
Judge: Person keeping time and recording scores in field trials.
Junk: Any game other that raccoons, also off game or trash.
Lay up: A raccoon that has been up in a tree for an extended period.
Locate: The bark a coonhound gives when ending his trail and picking the tree with the raccoon in it.
Loose mouth: A dog that barks a lot.
Nite Champion: Title earned in UKC competitions.
Nite Hunt: Competition for coonhounds.
Off game: Anything other than raccoons, also junk or trash.
Open: To bark on track.
Pressure tree hound: A coonhound that will not leave a tree.
Pup trainer: A straight, good natured coonhound that will allow pups to join in the hunt for raccoons.
Shock collar: An electronic collar used to discipline coonhounds.
Silent: A coonhound that does not bark on trail.
Sire: Male parent
Slick Tree: A tree that a coonhound picked that has no raccoon in it.
Straight: A dog that chases raccoons only
Strike: The first bark that a coonhound lets out when a track is found.
Track drifter: A coonhound that only needs to check the track in spots and can keep moving on a raccoon trail.
Track straddler: A dog that must follow every step in a raccoons trail.
Tracking collar: A collar with a radio transmitter used to locate coonhounds when out of hearing or not barking.
Tree, treed: To sit at the base of a tree and bark up.
UKC: United Kennel Club, registry for coonhounds.
Wide hunter: A coonhound that searches wide areas ( sometimes miles ) looking for raccoon tracks.