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COO
abbr.
chief operating officer
coo
(ko͞o)v. cooed, coo·ing, coos
v.intr.
1. To utter the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon or a sound resembling it.
2. To talk fondly or amorously in murmurs: The visitors cooed over the newborn baby.
v.tr.
To express or utter with soft murmuring sounds.
[Imitative.]
coo′er n.
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coo
(kuː)vb, coos, cooing or cooed
1. (Zoology) (intr) (of doves, pigeons, etc) to make a characteristic soft throaty call
2. (tr) to speak in a soft murmur
3. (intr) to murmur lovingly (esp in the phrase bill and coo)
n
(Zoology) the sound of cooing
interj
slang Brit an exclamation of surprise, awe, etc
ˈcooer n
CoO
abbreviation for
(Economics) cost of ownership
COO
abbreviation for
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) chief operating officer
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coo
(ku)v.i.
1. to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
2. to murmur or talk fondly or amorously.
v.t. 3. to utter by cooing.
n. 4. a cooing sound.
[1660–70; imitative]
coo′er, n.
coo′ing•ly, adv.
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coo
Past participle: cooed
Gerund: cooing
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Noun | 1. | coo - the sound made by a pigeon cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" |
Verb | 1. | coo - speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly" murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms" |
2. | coo - cry softly, as of pigeons |
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Translations
هدل
vrkatvrkot
kujerrus
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COO
abbr of chief operating officer → höchster diensthabender Offiziercoo
vi (pigeon, fig) → gurren
interj (Brit, inf) → ui
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coo
vi (pret & pp cooed) (ped) arrullar, hacer sonidos como una palomaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.