different between gibber vs coo

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain; see gibberish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??b?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?b?(r)

Noun

gibber (countable and uncountable, plural gibbers)

1. Gibberish, unintelligible speech.

Verb

gibber (third-person singular simple present gibbers, present participle gibbering, simple past and past participle gibbered)

1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

Translations

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:chatter

Etymology 2

From Dharug giba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?/

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. (Australia) A boulder, a stone; a mass of stone. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• gibber bird
• gibber stone

See also

• reg, desert pavement

Etymology 3

gib +? -er

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. A balky horse.
   • 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

     A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber

References

gibber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ib.ber/, [???b??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??ib.ber/, [?d??ib??r]

Adjective

gibber (feminine gibbera, neuter gibberum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Noun

gibber m (genitive gibberis); third declension

1. a hump, hunch on the back

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (hump, hunch): gibbus

Derived terms

• gibber?sus

Related terms

• gibbus

References

• gibber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gibber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko?o
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ku?/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: coup

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic; compare Dutch koeren.

Noun

coo (plural coos)

1. The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.
2. (by extension) An expression of pleasure made by a person.

Translations

Verb

coo (third-person singular simple present coos, present participle cooing, simple past and past participle cooed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
2. (intransitive) To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of cool; compare foo.

Adjective

coo (comparative more coo, superlative most coo)

1. (slang) Cool.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Interjection

coo

1. An expression of approval, fright, surprise, etc. [from early 20th c.]

References

Anagrams

• OCO, OOC

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”), from Primitive Irish ???? (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *k?, from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (“dog”).

Noun

coo m (genitive singular coo, plural coyin)

1. dog

   Synonym: moddey

2. hound
3. cur
4. wolf dog

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• côo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o.u

Verb

coo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of coar

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *kòò?.

Noun

còò

1. snake
2. worm

Derived terms

References

• Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)?^[5] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Scots

Alternative forms

• coe, cou

Etymology

From Old English c?, from Proto-West Germanic *k?, from Proto-Germanic *k?z.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?/

Noun

coo (plural kye or coos)

1. cow

Usage notes

The regular collective plural form is kye (from Old English); the weak plural coos is used only after numerals.