coo
verb/kuː/
/kuː/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they coo | /kuː/ /kuː/ |
| he / she / it coos | /kuːz/ /kuːz/ |
| past simple cooed | /kuːd/ /kuːd/ |
| past participle cooed | /kuːd/ /kuːd/ |
| -ing form cooing | /ˈkuːɪŋ/ /ˈkuːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] when a dove or a pigeon coos, it makes a soft low soundTopics Birdsc2
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- [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to say something in a soft quiet voice, especially to somebody you love
Word Originverb and noun mid 17th cent.: imitative.
Idioms
See coo in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybill and coo
- (old-fashioned, informal) if two people who are in love bill and coo, they kiss and speak in a loving way to each other
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