coo (redirected from coos)

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.

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[Imitative.]

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cooer n.

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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

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CoO

abbreviation for

(Economics) cost of ownership

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COO

abbreviation for

(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) chief operating officer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coo - the sound made by a pigeon cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	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

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coo² [kuː] EXCL (Brit) → ¡toma!, ¡vaya!

COO [ˌsiːəʊˈəʊ] n abbr (=chief operating officer) → président(e) m/f

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coo [ˈkuː] vi → roucouler

COO abbr of chief operating officer → höchster diensthabender Offizier

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coo

vi (pigeon, fig) → gurren

vt → gurren, girren

n → Gurren nt, → Girren nt

interj (Brit, inf) → ui

coo [kuː]

1. vi (dove) → tubare

2. vt → sussurrare dolcemente
to coo over a baby → fare versetti a un bimbo

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coo [kuː]

1. vi (dove) → tubare

2. vt → sussurrare dolcemente
to coo over a baby → fare versetti a un bimbo