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coo

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coo  (k)
v. cooed, coo·ing, coos
v.intr.
1. To utter the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon or a sound resembling it.
2. To talk fondly or amorously in murmurs: The visitors cooed over the newborn baby.
v.tr.
To express or utter with soft murmuring sounds.

[Imitative.]

cooer n.

coo [kuː]
vb coos, cooing, cooed
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of doves, pigeons, etc.) to make a characteristic soft throaty call
2. (tr) to speak in a soft murmur
3. (intr) to murmur lovingly (esp in the phrase bill and coo)
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the sound of cooing
interj
Brit slang an exclamation of surprise, awe, etc.
cooer  n
cooingly  adv

CoO
abbreviation for
(Economics) cost of ownership

COO
abbreviation for
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) chief operating officer
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coo - the sound made by a pigeon
cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb1.coo - speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly"
murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"
2.coo - cry softly, as of pigeons
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Translations
coo1 [kuː] VI [dove] → arrullar; [baby] → hacer gorgoritos
coo2 [kuː] EXCL (Brit) → ¡toma!, ¡vaya!
COO [ˌsiːəʊˈəʊ] n abbr (=chief operating officer) → président(e) m/f
coo [ˈkuː] viroucouler
COO abbr of chief operating officerhöchster diensthabender Offizier
coo
vi (pigeon, fig) → gurren
vtgurren, girren
nGurren nt, → Girren nt
interj (Brit, inf) → ui
coo [kuː]
1. vi (dove) → tubare
2. vtsussurrare dolcemente
to coo over a baby → fare versetti a un bimbo

coo [kuː]
1. vi (dove) → tubare
2. vtsussurrare dolcemente
to coo over a baby → fare versetti a un bimbo


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It was only the soft twitter of a bird, but it seemed to be a peculiarly gifted bird, for while she listened the soft twitter changed to a lively whistle, then a trill, a coo, a chirp, and ended in a musical mixture of all the notes, as if the bird burst out laughing.
Bird-fanciers have sought the congenial tranquillity of the scene; and pigeons coo, and canaries twitter, in Vauxhall Walk.
As she was thinking of these things the while she debated the wisdom of uncovering the baby's face, there came a little grunt from the wee bundle in her lap, and then a gurgling coo that set her heart in raptures.
 
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