3 October 2017
croon
[kroon]
verb (used without object)
1. to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice:
to croon to a baby.
2. to sing in an evenly modulated, slightly exaggerated manner:
Popular singers began crooning in the 1930s.
3. to utter a low murmuring sound.
4. Scot. and North England.
to bellow; low.
to lament; mourn.
verb (used with object)
5. to sing (a song) in a crooning manner.
6. to lull by singing or humming to in a soft, soothing voice:
to croon a child to sleep.
noun
7. the act or sound of crooning.
Origin of croon
Middle English
1350-1400; Middle English cronen < Middle Dutch: to lament
Related forms
crooner, noun
crooningly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for croon
Contemporary Examples
“I love the buttery crust, but I love the meat just as much,” they croon.
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Natasha Bach
October 12, 2013
He even enlists Mary J. Blige to croon an emotional bridge about how much he loves Mothah Killah.
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Kevin Fallon
May 11, 2013
Vidal smiled and began to croon the song softly into my ear.
Remembering the Surprisingly Vulnerable Gore Vidal
Lee Siegel
July 31, 2012
Alicia Keyes and John Legend will croon, while Cameron Diaz, Forest Whitaker, Salma Hayek and Lucy Liu add sparkle.
Al Gore Speaks, Colbert Sings and Other TV Highlights
Nicole Ankowski
November 22, 2008
Historical Examples
And croon they did through the long crowded way to Covent Garden.
The Coryston Family
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Then she began to croon to it, swinging it gently from side to side.
In Court and Kampong
Hugh Clifford
The croon of the old lady thrummed in his ears with endless repetition.
The Blind Spot
Austin Hall
Wake, then, if you may not sleep, but only to watch the moon rising and hear the croon of the sea.
The Debatable Land
Arthur Colton
Sometimes there was a croon in the voice, sometimes a touch of decrepit anger.
The Hill of Venus
Nathan Gallizier
She had one song of “the Savior” which she delighted to croon.
The Incendiary
W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
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Today’s quote
There’s a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.
– Dave Grohl
On this day
3 October 1226 – death of St Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and founder of the men’s Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St Clare and the Third Order of St Francis. Although these are all Catholic Orders, he was never ordained as a Catholic priest. Born 26 September 1181.
3 October 1925 – birth of Gore Vidal, American author, playwright, essayist and political activist. Died 31 July 2012.
3 October 1942 – Nazi Germany becomes the first nation to reach space with the launch of the V2 rocket fuelled by alcohol and liquid oxygen, which travelled 190 kilometres, taking it into the Earth’s thermosphere. The V2 was the world’s first long-range ballistic missile which Hitler’s forces used to great effect against the Allied armies. The V2 was developed by Werner von Braun (the Father of Rocket Science), who later worked on the American rocket and space program. Following the war, the Soviet Union and the USA raced to develop rocket technology so head-hunted former Nazi rocket scientists and acquired samples of the V2.