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cooing

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


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“Nah,” I thought, as I watched the cooing baby in my arms.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

But Gadot gets the best number in a tepid batch, a villain’s anthem that welds together a half-dozen sneering, cooing, minor-key tempo shifts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

Otis even gets a starring role, cooing along playfully to an improvised piano solo called Interlude II.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

His low, cooing voice, slow movements, and gentle demeanor might be just what she needed to help ease her own troubled heart.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood