- to make the soft, murmuring sound of pigeons or doves, or a sound like this
- to speak gently and lovingly
Origin of coo
echoic to express gently and lovingly; utter with a coo
the sound made in cooing
noun
- The definition of a coo is the sound of a bird.
An example of a coo is the sound of a Mourning Dove.
- To coo is to speak softly and gently, or make the soft sound of a bird.
- An example of coo is to talk in a soothing voice to a baby.
- An example of coo is to imitate the sound of a dove.
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coo
Brit., Slang used variously to express surprise, doubt, delight, etc.
COO
chief operating officer
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coo
verb
cooed, coo·ing, coosverb
intransitive- To utter the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon or a sound resembling it.
- To talk fondly or amorously in murmurs: The visitors cooed over the newborn baby.
verb
transitiveTo express or utter with soft murmuring sounds.
Origin of coo
ImitativeRelated Forms:
- coo′er
noun
COO
abbreviation
chief operating officer
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present coos, present participle cooing, simple past and past participle cooed)
- (intransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
- (intransitive) To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.
Origin
Of onomatopoetic/imitative origin.
- bill and coo
Initialism
- chief operating officer
- (international trade) country of origin
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coo - Computer Definition
(Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning.
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coo - Investment & Finance Definition
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Sentence Examples
- Dad thinks it's a real coo, but Mom doesn't much care for the idea.
- He grabs 'em where he can find 'em, she answered as she began to coo and squirm.
- Cobalt monoxide, CoO, is prepared by heating the hydroxide or carbonate in a current of air, or by heating the oxide C0304 in a current of carbon dioxide.
- Jacobson, Lehrbuch der organischen Chemie; Richter-Anschutz, Organische Chemie (I I th ed., K 2 S04 K2 S04 (NH 4) 2 SO 4 =o% SO 4 = coo FIG.
- COO H +0 = C 2 H 6 +2 CO 2 +H20.
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