Meaning & use
Crooning
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Singing or humming in a soft, low, sentimental voice.
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The old radio was crooning a slow jazz ballad from the corner of the room.
He spent the evening crooning love songs to his wife.
A note on using this word
The style became especially popular in the 1930s and 1940s with singers like Bing Crosby, giving rise to the term "crooner."
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singing softlywarbling
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