'Croon' definitions:

Definition of 'croon'

From: WordNet
verb
Sing softly

Definition of 'Croon'

From: GCIDE
  • Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (kr[=oo]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooning.]
  • 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum. [1913 Webster]
  • Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C. Bront['e]. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To soothe by singing softly. [1913 Webster]
  • The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Croon'

From: GCIDE
  • Croon \Croon\, n.
  • 1. A low, continued moan; a murmur. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Croon'

From: GCIDE
  • Croon \Croon\ (kr[=oo]n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan. [root]24.]
  • 1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly. [1913 Webster]
  • Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality. --MW10 --RHUD [PJC]

Synonyms of 'croon'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Croon'