different between croon vs crooning

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Verb

croon (third-person singular simple present croons, present participle crooning, simple past and past participle crooned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.

   • hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise

2. (transitive, intransitive) To say softly or gently
   • 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:

     "Nice seeing you both," a woman at the check-in said. "Hey, I love you," another crooned.

3. (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.

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

4. (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• crooner

Translations

Noun

croon (plural croons)

1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.

Translations

Anagrams

• Conor, Norco, corno, r'coon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?n??/

Noun

crooning (plural croonings)

1. The act of creating a croon.

Verb

crooning

1. present participle of croon

French

Noun

crooning m (plural croonings)

1. crooning