cooing

cooing
cooing cooing adj. [pr. Participle of verb {coo} (definition 2)] emitting a cry like that of a dove; as, The cooing pigeons. [WordNet 1.5]

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  • Cooing — Coo Coo, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooing}.] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves. [1913 Webster] The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. Thomson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cooing — kuː v. make soft cooing sounds (like the call of a dove or pigeon); talk amorously n. soft murmuring sound; call of a pigeon or dove …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Cooing dove murmur — The cooing dove murmur is a cardiac murmur with a musical quality (high pitched hence the name) and is associated with acute mitral valve regirgitation, preceded by rupture of the chordae tendinea (the fibrous strings that connects the papillary… …   Wikipedia

  • cooing murmur — a type of musical murmur, resembling the cooing of a bird …   Medical dictionary

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  • Phonological development — Sound is at the beginning of language learning. Children have to learn to distinguish different sounds and to segment the speech stream they are exposed to into units – eventually meaningful units – in order to acquire words and sentences. So, if …   Wikipedia

  • coo — [c]/ku / (say kooh) verb (cooed, cooing) –verb (i) 1. to utter the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of pigeons or doves, or a similar sound. 2. to murmur or talk fondly or amorously. –verb (t) 3. to utter by cooing. –noun 4. a cooing sound.… …  

  • Heart murmur — For the French motion picture, see Murmur of the Heart. Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

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