croon Meaning, Definition & Usage

Croon intransitive verb

Etymology

OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan. 24.

Definitions

1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. Scot. Jamieson.
2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.

   Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.

Croon transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Crooned present participle & verbal noun Crooning

Definitions

1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.

   Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. C. Bront.

2. To soothe by singing softly.

   The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. Dickens.

Croon noun

Definitions

1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.