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🕊️ A soft sound 🕊️ To speak gently
to coo

to coo

3 5.5
To make a soft low sound to show affection
  • verb
  • /kuː/
translation icon : arrullar
  • The babies began to coo at me, and I cooed back at them.
  • the aunt cooed to the baby
  • the lady who coos
  • coo and smile

She put her hand on my hand and just started like singing and cooing.

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Examples

  • Ma handed her right over to Uncle Seth, at which point Marcy began to coo even louder.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • As she rocked the baby in her arms, she began to coo softly to calm him down.

  • The nurses coo, then hand me the photo.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I see pain and horror in her eyes, as the boys smile and coo.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The ladies coo around him and shake his dainty hand.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Rocking Matthew to sleep while he coos in my arms?

    Blog text (15)

  • But even so, Susan always ended the procedure by rubbing and massaging him, which made him giggle and coo.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Aloka does so as Max bounces the baby, coos to it playfully.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "Darling!" she coos, careful to wink before dusting her cheeks against my grandfather's lips.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • From the ledge where an escutcheon of liberty hangs, the ash-colored pigeons coo and flap their wings.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to croon
vsto coo
14 6.3

Sing or hum in a soft low voice like a lullaby

makes a simple gentle sound used lovingly rather than musical singing

Antonyms

to yell
∞ 1.0

To shout loudly because you feel strong pain, anger or excitement

to shout
644 1.0

To speak very loudly to get attention or show strong feeling

How Affectionate

to croon
14 6.3
to coo
3 5.5
to purr
20 1.0
to whisper
586 1.0

Surface Forms

coo infinitive
cooed past
cooed past participle
cooing present participle
coos third person singular

Etymology

Coo comes from the same soft bird sound 'coo', and people used it to copy gentle, loving noises. So to coo is to make a soft, affectionate sound or to speak in a quiet 'whisper' to someone you care for.