cooverb [ I ]
uk/kuː/us/kuː/present participle cooing, past tense and past participle cooedWhen birds such as doves and pigeons coo, they make a low soft sound.
to speak in a soft, gentle, or loving way:
The baby lay in his cot, cooing and gurgling.
It's sickening the way she coos over those cats of hers.
[ + speech ] "How wonderful to see you again, darling," she cooed.
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- trumpet
- whimper
- woof
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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