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moo

moo

28 1.0
A deep low sound that a cow makes
  • noun
  • /muː/
translation icon : mugido
  • "Want to see a moo cow?" "I don't think we'll see a moo cow, but we'll see lions at the zoo."
  • moo cow
  • moo sound
  • hear a moo

You know, we can have our see and say, and the cow says moo and the, you know, the dog says bark, bark or whatever your dogs say how to see and say.

Examples

  • The farmer smiled when he heard the soft moo of the cow in the pasture.

  • My toddler doesn't actually know that the cow says "moo" yet.

    Blog text (15)
  • And the cow goes moo, moo, moo!

  • A cow turns its mournful head towards me and moos in dismay as if the sky might fall.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Usually a cow moos.

  • And along with the low moo, there was a high one—the calf was probably protesting being deprived of her afternoon meal.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As I approached the barn, the gentle moo of the calf caught my attention.

  • Every morning, I wake up to the loud moo of the cows in the field.

Synonyms

lowing
vsmoo
1 3.6

A deep sound that cows make like a long moo

is the deep long call from cows and bulls, not the wider cattle call
cow's moo
vsmoo
1.0

A low, long sound a cow makes

is the deep long sound that also applies to bulls, not only cows

Compounds

2 8.4

A Chinese dish with chicken and mushrooms in a light sauce

moo juice
  • Slang
1 8.8

An informal funny name for milk from cows

1.0

A low, long sound a cow makes

moo-cow
  • Baby Talk
1.7

A child's word for a cow on a farm

How Loud

roar
142 1.0
bellow
20 4.6
moo
28 1.0
murmur
36 4.1
to whisper
586 1.0

Surface Forms

moo singular
moos plural

Etymology

Moo is a word made by copying the deep sound a cow makes, like how baa and meow copy other animal sounds. So a moo is the cow's 'low' and 'long' call.