croon

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

croon, v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan.

•  To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality.  [PJC]

croon, v. t. 

•  To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.  [1913 Webster]

  "Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise."  [1913 Webster]
•  To soothe by singing softly.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep."  [1913 Webster]

croon, n. 

•  A low, continued moan; a murmur.  [1913 Webster]
•  A low singing; a plain, artless melody.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

croon, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. hum or sing in a low subdued voice, esp. in a sentimental manner.
--n. such singing.

Derivative

crooner n.

Etymology

ME (orig. Sc. & N.Engl.) f. MDu. & MLG kronen groan, lament

THESAURUS

croon

anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lilt, minstrel, pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel

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