moo

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (4)  · 
“
Not a moo, even if all this noise usually just descends into bovine rumination-a moo is too difficult to interpret, the ambivalence of the cow being a dangerously non-committal statement, and one that's led to great suffering in the past.

View all »
Definitions (11)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. intransitive verb To emit the deep, bellowing sound made by a cow; low.
  2. noun The lowing of a cow or a similar sound.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (4)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (3)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • If you're wondering why she's wearing a pointy hat that has ... moo: isn't it obvious? he's using her desperation for ... polly: She is not interesting. —  The Blemish
  • A large, black plastic cow, reminiscent of Cow Parade, the moo-ving experience that took place in London in —  Evening Standard - Home
  • Statement was very similar to another statement that I read by Camus (pronounced Cam-moo, like shampoo.) —  Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
  • It shows a woman in a cow suit holding a sword (saying "moo") riding a raging ox. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • The sanctions target scores of people and companies linked to President Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH'-bay) with travel bans and asset freezes.
More examples »
 

Tags

moo hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 123 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (3)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Imitative.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Imitative of the lowing of a cow. Cf. mew, imitative of the crying of a cat.
  2. from moo, v.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/mu/
by American Heritage
Hear a sound »

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a year.

Recently looked up

whet · electrolytic · amaze · dea · gauger

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich