verb · transitive · rare

croon

croon · croons · crooned · crooning

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To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental mannerTo hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

UK/kɹuːn/US/kɹun/

» If you croon like this, she will stop crying.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.
He was crooning a song.
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(transitive)To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.
sing softly
(intransitive)To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low, mellow voice.
She was crooning, but I couldn’t make out what the song was.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To lament, to moan.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)Of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound.

Examples

1 sentences

If you croon like this, she will stop crying.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice:

Origin

The verb is borrowed from Scots croon (“to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a

The verb is borrowed from Scots croon (“to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a lament, mourn; to sing in a wailing voice, whimper, whine; to mutter or sing in an undertone, hum”) [and other forms], from Middle English cronen (“to sing or speak softly, hum, croon”) (croyn (Scotland)) [and other forms], probably from Middle Dutch crônen, krônen (“to groan, moan; to lament”) (modern Dutch kreunen (“to moan”)), or Old High German chrônan, krônen (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *kraunijan, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

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