croon

verb

ˈkrün 

crooned; crooning; croons

intransitive verb

1

chiefly Scotland : bellow, boom

2

: to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner

The mother crooned as she rocked the baby.

especially : to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems

transitive verb

: to sing (something, such as a popular song or a lullaby) in a crooning manner

… croons ballads that conjure up the tenderness of puppy love …

—Joan Morgan

croon noun

Examples of croon in a Sentence

The mother crooned as she rocked the baby.

Recent Examples on the Web

Since people started crooning her lyrics to pets, children, each other and the camera earlier this year, the song has been used in 17 million videos and racked up more than 27 billion views worldwide via the app, according to ABC News. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025

The singers screeched, chanted, crooned and hollered. —Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025

But visions of enormous carnivorous plants capable of trapping humans, like the human-munching plants of 1960’s The Lost World or even the crooning Audrey II of Little Shop of Horrors, are entirely fictional. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025

My perspective is, yes, informed by listening on repeat to Thom Sesma’s hilarious solo from the perspective of a crooning coroner. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English croynen, from Middle Dutch cronen; akin to Old High German crōnen to chatter

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for croon

• boon
• brune
• coon
• dune
• goon
• hewn
• hoon
• june
• loon
• moon
• noon
• poon

Kids Definition

croon

verb

ˈkrün 

: to hum or sing in a low soft voice

croon a lullaby

croon noun

crooner noun