moo

verb

ˈmü 

mooed; mooing; moos

intransitive verb

: to make the throat noise of a cow

moo noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Long after the longhorns had walked past him, 2-year-old Cruz Banda Neff continued to wave and moo at parade participants from his perch on father Alan Neff’s shoulders. Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2022

But getting the animals to calm down can be difficult when they are distracted by herdmates mooing or baaing in the distance. Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 13 May 2020

Innocent Ntirengaya’s request to marry Divine Uwamahoro is accepted, and so is the dowry—eight cows that have been mooing for hours in a nearby pasture. Caterina Clerici & Eléonore Hamelin, Marie Claire, 1 Feb. 2019

The animals mooed their dissent but finally boarded the trailer. NBC News, 30 June 2018

But some cows — not all, as activists like to claim — cry (or moo mournfully) when their young are taken away. Mark Kurlansky, Time, 7 May 2018

The cow brought in to provide fresh milk for the cafe has been mooing all night. Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017

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Word History

Etymology

imitative

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

moo 1 of 2

verb

ˈmü

: to make the low sound of a cow : low

moo

2 of 2

noun

: the sound a cow makes when it moos