woo
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage.
to seek to win: to woo fame.
to seek the affection or love of someone, usually a woman; court: He was reminded of his youth when he went wooing.
to solicit favor or approval; entreat: Further attempts to woo proved useless.
Origin of woo
1Other words for woo
Other words from woo
- wooer, noun
- woo·ing·ly, adverb
- un·wooed, adjective
Words Nearby woo
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How to use woo in a sentence
Loeffler is also likely to have trouble wooing voters outside of the GOP base because of the particular dynamics of her race.
Democrats Don’t Need To Win Georgia, Iowa, Ohio Or Texas — But They Could | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe effort to woo those few remaining customers, particularly when a company can’t compete on price, borders on the absurd, several analysts said.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It. | by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica | October 1, 2020 | ProPublicaSeveral airlines including United have also done away with change fees in a bid to woo back wary travelers.
United will start offering pre-flight COVID tests in October to passengers traveling to Hawaii | Lee Clifford | September 24, 2020 | FortuneOracle, the king of pre-cloud databases, is increasingly wooing its customers with cloud products while all three major cloud platforms—Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—also have their own cloud database services.
Instagram is not the only platform attempting to woo TikTok creators.
‘There is a battle going on’: TikTok-Instagram rivalry for creators heating up | Tim Peterson | August 3, 2020 | Digiday
One Spinal Solutions sales representative said he suspected Williams was using perks to woo surgeons.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats set out to woo a national network of extremely wealthy donors who could support the new breakneck fundraising pace.
Time is Money: How to Fix Outrageous Political Spending | Jim Arkedis | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt one point, John woo was circling to direct it, but then the big divorce happened with Miramax and Disney, and it went away.
Kevin Smith's Marijuanaissance: On 'Tusk,' 'Falling Out' with Ben Affleck, and 20 Years of 'Clerks' | Marlow Stern | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeen dying to see that powerful sexual masochist woo and whip that mousy college student?
The ‘50 Shades of Grey’ Trailer Is Pretty Ridiculous, Right? | Kevin Fallon | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDavid, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.
Victoria and David Beckham Celebrate Their 15th Wedding Anniversary | Erin Cunningham | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWho wants to peruse fictitious adventures, when railroads and steamboats woo him to adventures of his own?
She was quite wickedly indifferent to consequences, and was inspired to woo the fickle goddess of popularity.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIt was in contrast to these officials that he painted the ideal times of Kings Wan and woo.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordMany suitors came from far to woo her, and brought presents innumerable of corn, skins, and cattle to lay at her feet.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanMy long lithe lily, my languid lily, My lank limp lily-love, how shall I win— woo thee to wink at me?
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
British Dictionary definitions for woo
/ (wuː) /
to seek the affection, favour, or love of (a woman) with a view to marriage
(tr) to seek after zealously or hopefully: to woo fame
(tr) to bring upon oneself (good or evil results) by one's own action
(tr) to beg or importune (someone)
Origin of woo
1Derived forms of woo
- wooer, noun
- wooing, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with woo
see pitch woo.
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