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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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025

McVay making faces and cooing baby talk on a video call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Lipa wonders amid cooing backup vocals, and she goes on to rap, “Another girl falls in love/Another girl leaves the club.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner



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