Sekirov Dictionary

croon

/kɹuːn/

verb 6
noun 3
forms 5

verb6

•
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.
•
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.
•
To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.
- “But, you know, crooners gonna croon.” — 2021
•
(Scotland, Northern-England) To make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low.
- Novv Clinkumbell, vvi' rattlin tovv, / Begins to jovv an' croon; […] — 1786
(Scotland, Northern-England) Of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound.
(Scotland, Northern-England) To lament, to moan.

noun3

•
A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.
- O, a’ ye Bards on bonie Doon! / An’ vvha on Ayr your chanters tune! / Come, join the melancholious croon / O’ Robin’s reed! / His heart vvill never get aboon! / His Mailie’s dead! — 1793
•
(Scotland, Northern-England) A continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; a bellow.
- Amang the brachens, on the brae, / Betvveen her an' the moon, / The Deil, or else an outler Quey, / Gat up an' gae a croon: […] — 1785
(Scotland, Northern-England) The low-pitched sound of a large bell.

forms

crooned · crooning · crooneth · croons · croonest

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