Coo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: coup

Noun

Coo (uncountable)

1. The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

Verb

Coo (third-person singular simple present Coos, present participle Cooing, simple past and past participle Cooed)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
2. (intransitive) To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

Derived terms

• cooer
• cooingly

Adjective

Coo (comparative more Coo, superlative most Coo)

1. (slang) Informal variation of cool.

Interjection

Coo

1. Expression of fright, surprise, approval, etc.

Adverbs for Coo

plaintively; murmurously; softly; romantically; gently; lovingly; affectionately; dellcately.

Thesaurus

aspirate, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, carol, caw, chant, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drawl, drum, exclaim, flute, gabble, gaggle, gasp, gobble, growl, grunt, guggle, hiss, honk, hoo, hoot, keen, lilt, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, pant, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roar, roll, rumble, scold, scream, screech, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snort, sob, squall, squawk, squeal, susurrate, thunder, trill, trumpet, twang, tweet, twit, twitter, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp

Related terms

• bill and coo