coo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Interjection 1.6 Related terms 2 Manx 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Scots 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Pronunciation 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ku/
• Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Homophones

• coup

[edit] Noun

coo (uncountable)

1. The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to coo (third-person singular simple present coos, present participle cooing, simple past and past participle cooed)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
2. (intransitive) To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.
   • 2008-10-10, Jeph Jacques, Good Thing They Still Have It, Questionable Content Nr. 1249

     – My girlfriend is cooing over my boss’s vulva like it was a newborn kitten.

[edit] Derived terms

• cooer
• cooingly

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

coo (comparative more coo, superlative most coo)

1. (slang) Informal variation of cool.

[edit] Interjection

coo

1. Expression of surprise, approval etc.

[edit] Related terms

• bill and coo

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[edit] Manx

[edit] Etymology

Old Irish cú (“‘dog, hound’”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“‘dog’”).

[edit] Noun

coo m.

1. dog
2. hound
3. cur
4. wolf-dog

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Alternative spellings

• cou

[edit] Etymology

From Old English cū.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ku:/

[edit] Noun

coo (plural kye or coos)

1. cow

[edit] Usage notes

The regular collective plural form is kye (from Old English); the weak plural coos is used only after numerals.