Croon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To hum or sing softly.
  • verb-intransitive. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner.
  • verb-intransitive. Scots To roar or bellow.
  • v. To sing softly or in a humming way: crooning a lullaby.
  • n. A soft singing or humming.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
  • n. A soft or sentimental hum or song.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
  • verb-intransitive. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
  • verb-intransitive. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality.
  • v. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
  • v. To soothe by singing softly.
  • n. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
  • n. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter a low continued murmuring sound resembling moaning or lamenting.
  • To sing softly and monotonously to one's self; hum softly and plaintively.
  • To utter a low muffled roar; bellow monotonously.
  • To sing in a low humming tone; hum; affect by humming.
  • n. A low, hollow moan or bellow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sing softly
  • Verb Form
    crooned    crooning    croons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sing   
    Form
    crooned    crooning    crooner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hum    murmur   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon