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# coo

verb (coo, coos, cooed, cooing); noun (a coo, coos); interjection (Coo! — UK, old-fashioned)

«coo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#m1)
2. (verb) To speak softly and lovingly, as people do to babies: «She cooed over the baby.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#m2)
3. (noun) The soft sound a dove makes, or a baby's happy sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#m3)
4. (UK, old-fashioned, informal) «Coo!» — an exclamation of surprise, like «Wow!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#m4)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons, pigeons and doves coo; babies coo before they learn to talk. In stories, adults «coo over» babies, puppies and kittens, showing tenderness. Phrases: «coo over», «bill and coo» (old-fashioned: for lovers to kiss and whisper).

### Examples

- The pigeons cooed on the roof all morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x1)
- The baby cooed and kicked her legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x2)
- Aunt Sally cooed over the new kittens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x3)
- We heard the soft coo of a dove in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x4)
- "Who's a lovely boy?" cooed Nan to the puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x5)
- Coo, look at the size of that cake! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x6)
- The doves were cooing in the church tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x7)
- She looked round and cooed: “How thoughtful of you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: cooed, cooing. Sounds like «coup» (a sudden seizure of power — the P is silent) — a homophone. Do not mix up with «cue». Animal sounds: doves coo, owls hoot, crows caw.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coo.html) on Mova free.