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croon
[ kroon ]
verb (used without object)
- to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice:
to croon to a baby.
- to sing in an evenly modulated, slightly exaggerated manner:
Popular singers began crooning in the 1930s.
- to utter a low murmuring sound.
- Scot. and North England.
verb (used with object)
- to sing (a song) in a crooning manner.
- to lull by singing or humming to in a soft, soothing voice:
to croon a child to sleep.
noun
- the act or sound of crooning.
croon
/ ː /
verb
- to sing or speak in a soft low tone
noun
- a soft low singing or humming
Derived Forms
- ˈǴDzԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ǴDz· noun
- ǴDz·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of croon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of croon1
Example Sentences
“You don’t need a visa to be happy,” Montenegro and rapper Apache croon on the song High.
Aerosmith, the Eagles and the Rolling Stones crooned from the speakers at Vacation Bar in Santa Ana last Thursday.
All three leads croon along with these pure emotions, each one believing they’ve grown to know each other, either through their own lyrics or Charles’ nonstop blather.
When her father numbs his pain with his wife’s prescription and sadly croons a song from when he was an altar boy, Piper can only roll her eyes and excuse herself from the room.
Like many Cubans and Cuban Americans, the silky crooning of band member Ibrahim Ferrer and the insatiable rhythm of “Candela” wafted through his grandparents’ living room and into his teenage ears.
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