What is another word for cooing?

Pronunciation: [kˈuːɪŋ] (IPA)

Cooing is a sound that is often associated with the soft, gentle and soothing sound that birds make. However, other words can be used to describe such sounds. "Murmuring" is one such synonym, indicating a low voice sound that can be compared to a gentle breeze. "Whispering" suggests a hushed and calm voice, like a lullaby. "Muttering" is a more distant synonym that implies the sound of soft and steady whispers. "Chirping" refers to a higher-pitched sound and is most commonly used in connection to birds. All of these words can be used to convey the peaceful and calming sound of cooing.

Synonyms for Cooing:

What are the hypernyms for Cooing?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cooing

We drove up to our new home in state, Helen and I hand in hand, the baby cooing from the nurse's shoulder.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
I suppose I must believe they are wild, but it takes faith to believe they have not just escaped from a cage; they are uncommonly pretty colour, at any rate, against the blue and white sky; they have taken the same flight at the same time these last three days, and a dove is cooing near, a deliciously soothing sound.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Where Turtle Doves are cooing.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson

Famous quotes with Cooing

  • Billing and cooing to me is worse to witness an execution.
    William Hamilton Maxwell
  • Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely new beasts, and beasts so terrible that the ancient animal symbols of St. John will seem like cooing doves and cupids in comparison.
    Heinrich Heine
  • Tonight a pair of cooing doves under red bridal curtains, Tomorrow a heap of bleached bones like those of yesteryear. [...] One moment we grieve over a short-lived friend, The next we are ourselves overtaken by death.
    Wang Chi-chen

Related words: cooing frequency, cooing vs speaking, cooing as a sixth sense, cooing as a form of communication

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