Meaning & use
Coos
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Makes a soft, murmuring sound, as a dove or pigeon does, or speaks in a similarly soft, affectionate tone.
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The dove coos softly from its perch on the windowsill.
She coos over every photo of her newborn niece.
A note on using this word
Third-person singular form of "coo"; also used as a plural noun for the sounds themselves.
Words with a similar meaning
murmurscroons
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Soft, murmuring sounds made by a dove or pigeon.
The gentle coos of pigeons drifted from the rooftop.
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