coo
1- to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
- to murmur or talk fondly or amorously.
- to utter by cooing.
- a cooing sound.
Origin of coo
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Contemporary Examples of cooing
She was a cooing and cherubic mini-avatar called Anima, which players earned after reaching a certain level in the game Prius.
Legendary Lovers” has her cooing at her man over sitar backing to “say my name like a scripture.
I grew up wanting the whole shebang: Prince Charming, white picket fence and our cooing angel-faced children.
Basil, cucumber, mangoes, the cooing of turtledoves on torrid afternoons, the screech of buses coming to a sudden halt.
With every breath, Wren made a cooing noise, but Jones looked online and saw that lots of newborns make funny sounds.
Historical Examples of cooing
By degrees her voice had lost its cooing tone and had risen to a shriek.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
"Yes, you're mighty nice and cooing when you got me where you want me," he jeered.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
And so their life had hitherto been a game of love, an everlasting billing and cooing.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
He was cooing and blowing at little Katherine over the fringe of her towels.
The ManxmanHall Caine
"That is the cooing of wood-pigeons or doves," said Mr. Fairchild.
The Fairchild FamilyMary Martha Sherwood
coo
- (intr) (of doves, pigeons, etc) to make a characteristic soft throaty call
- (tr) to speak in a soft murmur
- (intr) to murmur lovingly (esp in the phrase bill and coo)
- the sound of cooing
- British slang an exclamation of surprise, awe, etc
CoO
- cost of ownership
COO
- chief operating officer
Word Origin and History for cooing
coo
1660s, echoic of doves; the phrase to bill and coo is first recorded 1816. Related: Cooing. The noun is recorded from 1729.