Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To hum or sing softly.
- intransitive verb To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner.
- intransitive verb Scots To roar or bellow.
- intransitive verb To sing softly or in a humming way.
- noun A soft singing or humming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun A low, hollow moan or bellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
- transitive verb To soothe by singing softly.
- intransitive verb Scot. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
- intransitive verb To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
- intransitive verb To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality.
- noun A low, continued moan; a murmur.
- noun A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
hum orsing softly or in asentimental manner. - noun A soft or sentimental
hum orsong .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sing softly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Morrissey's heartsick legato croon is reassigned to four women and two men, who deliver anything from keening, primal unaccompanied wails to swing-era harmonies.
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It was so wonderful to hear music and spoken word croon through its doorway, but again disappointment and cynicism grabbed hold of me.
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The term, "croon," meaning to sing softly person-to-person, came to describe this new musical style.
Kate Kelly: How a 1920s Technology Made Possible the Music of Love: A 2010 Celebration of Crooning
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We are introduced to Dylan's Nashville "croon" which will throw many listeners off balance.
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Boyle and Stevens flourished before the radio was invented and long before Bing Crosby and all his tribe began to "croon" in every Christian home in the land.
In the days of my youth when I was a student in the University of Virginia, 1888-1893.
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By the firesides of Irish cottages when songs are sung during the long winter evenings the listeners often "croon" an accompaniment, droning in low voices over and over again a few simple notes which harmonise with the singer's voice.
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She used to sing, or rather "croon" to us some of the mutineers 'songs.
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Mothers "croon" their babies to sleep, instead of singing.
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Mothers "croon" their babies to sleep, instead of singing.
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The term, "croon," meaning to sing softly person-to-person, came to describe this new musical style.
bilby commented on the word croon
Sun-sparkle, dew-glisten,
Star-glow and shower;
Cool-flowing song at night
Where the river bends,
And the shingle croons a tune --
These were our friends.
- Marguerite Wilkinson, 'A Song of Two Wanderers'.
October 4, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word croon
a croon too soon
November 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word croon
The shiny new thing at my local cafe is the croon or croissant moon Also known as swish rolls
Everyone's been swarming them because of the shiny new thing.
They've also got cruffins which is a croissant muffin.
December 30, 2022