Coo
[kuː] or [ku]
Definition
(noun.) the sound made by a pigeon.
(verb.) cry softly, as of pigeons.
(verb.) speak softly or lovingly; 'The mother who held her baby was cooing softly'.
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
(v. i.) To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i.
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Definition
v.i. to make a sound as a dove: to caress fondly usually in phrase 'to bill and coo:'—pr.p. cōō′ing; pa.p. cōōed.—n. the sound emitted by doves.—adv. Coo′ingly.
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Examples
- The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nothing happens as we expect: listen for a coo or a murmur; it is then you will hear a cry of prey or pain. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yes, answered Stephenson, with a twinkling eye, very awkward--_for the coo_! Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am too feverish and excitable to bear a soft, cooing, vibrating voice close at my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I will tell you something, she said, in her cooing way, keeping her arms folded. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Sondra