mooed; mooing; moos
: to make the throat noise of a cow
moo
noun
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Ginger Johnson seamlessly integrates mooing into her singing The most distinctly British of the U.K. Rusicals, Pant-Oh She Betta Don’t!
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The bottom three dishes this week were Charly’s overcooked fish, Manny’s practically mooing beef and Laura’s incongruous dessert.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
Both judges climbed onto the table, got on all fours facing each other — and mooed like cows.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Nothing is easy Two hundred miles southeast of Hells Canyon, cows are mooing and birds are chirping as the sun rises over the Snake River Plain.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
After a few seconds, the officiant tried again, only for the cow to do the same thing and moo once more, setting the attendees off again.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
Two hundred miles southeast of Hells Canyon, cows are mooing and birds are chirping as the sun rises over the Snake River Plain.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Geese and chickens squawked in a mesh pen nearby; a tethered cow mooed occasionally.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
Like the sound of cows mooing or the sound of the door opening.
—ELLE, 29 Apr. 2023
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The bottom three dishes this week were Charly’s overcooked fish, Manny’s practically mooing beef and Laura’s incongruous dessert.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
Both judges climbed onto the table, got on all fours facing each other — and mooed like cows.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Nothing is easy Two hundred miles southeast of Hells Canyon, cows are mooing and birds are chirping as the sun rises over the Snake River Plain.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
After a few seconds, the officiant tried again, only for the cow to do the same thing and moo once more, setting the attendees off again.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
Two hundred miles southeast of Hells Canyon, cows are mooing and birds are chirping as the sun rises over the Snake River Plain.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Geese and chickens squawked in a mesh pen nearby; a tethered cow mooed occasionally.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
Like the sound of cows mooing or the sound of the door opening.
—ELLE, 29 Apr. 2023
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“Moo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moo. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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