Synonyms for coo


Grammar : Verb
Spell : koo
Phonetic Transcription : ku


Définition of coo

Origin :
  • 1660s, echoic of doves; the phrase to bill and coo is first recorded 1816. Related: Cooing. The noun is recorded from 1729.
  • verb cry softly
Example sentences :
  • When she is called for—says the story—the puppets in the four corners begin to coo.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • Presently there came the “coo” of a wood-pigeon from in front.
  • Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Something between the 'gobble, gobble' of a turkey and the coo of the ring-dove.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • He did not “coo” as usual, but stared unsmilingly at the ceiling.
  • Extract from : « The Cheerful Smugglers » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • I know all the birds say when they twitter and chirp, caw and coo, gobble and cluck.
  • Extract from : « Europa's Fairy Book » by Joseph Jacobs
  • Yes, I remember—a bonny girl, with a voice as soft as the coo of a wood-pigeon.
  • Extract from : « Afterwards » by Kathlyn Rhodes
  • On the contrary, we were more inclined to battle than to coo.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • It's the same to her whether we coo like turtle-doves or roar like twenty lions.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I must coo and kiss, while my toes are dancing on hot plates, to find her out.
  • Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The flies ceased to buzz at the windows and the pigeons to coo upon the roof.
  • Extract from : « The Sleeping Beauty » by C. S. Evans

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