moo
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic deep sound of a cow; low.
mooed
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past participleof moo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof moo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mooverb (used without object)to utter the characteristic deep sound of a cow; low.
Example Sentences
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Events keep drifting like a lost motorist who starts out on the interstate and takes a series of wrong turns until he’s on a one-lane dirt road, getting mooed at.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Does it put them in the mooed for this week’s Slate News Quiz?
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2022
Cooper said the cows ultimately "ended up wandering back home. And I kid you not, one cow mooed — then the other cows mooed."
From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022
So, perhaps regularly eating meat that's never mooed, oinked, or encountered a farm may be a logical next step?
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2021
The cows mooed, the sheep maaed, the goat ehehed, the birds twittered in the trees, and the beep beep of a motor car cut through everything.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
