cooed; cooing; coos
1
: to make the low soft cry of a dove or pigeon or a similar sound
The baby cooed quietly in her crib.
2
: to talk fondly, amorously, or appreciatively
The family cooed over the baby pictures.
coo
noun
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Examples of coo in a Sentence
Verb
The baby cooed quietly in her crib.
The baby was making a cooing sound.
They all cooed over the baby pictures.
“Oh, how sweet,” she cooed.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Lilian listened to the pigeons on the roof cooing, in the same manner that their cousins cooed in Belfast or Bruges or Barcelona.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
Throughout the hearing Khalil would often look back toward his baby when the newborn cooed.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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Verb
The dog, named Winnie, becomes the instant center of gravity in the room, as desks, keyboards, and workstations give way to belly rubs and cooing colleagues.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Young women were cooing on TikTok about becoming trad wives and stay-at-home girlfriends.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Lilian listened to the pigeons on the roof cooing, in the same manner that their cousins cooed in Belfast or Bruges or Barcelona.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
Throughout the hearing Khalil would often look back toward his baby when the newborn cooed.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coo. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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coo
verb1
: to make the low soft cry of a dove or pigeon or a similar sound
2
: to talk fondly or lovingly
coo
noun
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