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# coo

«coo» in Mova's school dictionary: **For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/#m4)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.