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Recent Examples of coo
Lisa Gutierrez
march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Like Solange, Willow understands harmony as texture, how sometimes a breathy run or wordless coo can say more than any lyrics.
—Precious Fondren, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Noun
The males strut, coo, puff their chests and enthusiastically preen to court females.
—Lisa Gutierrez
march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Like Solange, Willow understands harmony as texture, how sometimes a breathy run or wordless coo can say more than any lyrics.
—Precious Fondren, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
As many viewers cooed over the dogs' tranquil moment, others began asking logistical questions about flying with pets.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coo
Noun
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These poppers start with the crisp, juicy snap of mini sweet peppers, which are filled with a creamy, tangy pimiento cheese spiked with smoky bacon and a whisper of black pepper.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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The early universe, a mere whisper after the Big Bang, just a few hundred million years old — that's when the first stars and galaxies were starting to flicker on, like fairy lights across a cosmic dark.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While the video plays and the cat closes in on Bender ever-so-slowly, hen turkeys in the nearby pasture can be heard yelping and purring.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
23 Apr. 2026
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Virgie is pursued, in some of the play’s funniest moments, by a slithering cultist in shiny green gloves who purrs like a deadly kitty and moves like an Animaniac.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The three points were the priority, and a nervy Emirates crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief at the full-time whistle.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Did Saturday’s outing feel like a sigh of relief?—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.—
Bruce Brady,
Outdoor Life,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.—
Nigel Smith,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Mature geese have kept a close eye on the eggs, occasionally honking and hissing at those who have approached.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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