Croon

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croon \Croon\ (kr[=oo]n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to
     moan. [root]24.]
     1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in
        pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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     2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
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              Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
              child, and rocking it to and fro.     --Dickens.
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     3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to
        amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with
        exaggerated sentimentality. --MW10 --RHUD
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr[=oo]nd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Crooning}.]
     1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
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              Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C.
                                                    Bront['e].
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     2. To soothe by singing softly.
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              The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung
              and crooned himself asleep.           --Dickens.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croon \Croon\, n.
     1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
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     2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  croon
       v : sing softly

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "croon":
     anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus,
     descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lilt, minstrel,
     pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing,
     sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle,
     tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel