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  • present participle of coo.
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cooing

[koo-ing] / ˈku ɪŋ /
VERB
cry softly
Synonyms


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A furry AI pet batted its eyelashes at cooing onlookers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

One brother does the firing, the other waves goodbye, cooing, “We hope we can still be friends who never speak to each other.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Instead, I’d laugh, cooing for more lemon to revel in those strong sensations over and over again.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2025

"You have to think a lot before having a baby," Valentina Dottor admits when we meet on Fregona's main square, her 10-month-old daughter Diletta cooing in a pushchair.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2025

A breeze was coming in the back, door, and some mourning doves that had nested on the back porch were cooing, making that slippery, burbling sound that Calder always associated with summer in his neighborhood.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett



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