cooing

/ˈkuːɪŋ/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, outside, strange

VERB + COOING

am, hear, heard, kept

COOING + NOUN

balcony, bedroom, pigeon, pigeons

PREP.

in, on

ADV.

often, softly

Definitions

noun

A coo; a cooing sound.

A stage in the development of child language after crying and before babbling; the baby is able to control their sounds but tongue muscles are not well developed.

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The pigeon is cooing.

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I am cooing like a pigeon.

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We are cooing like pigeons.

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The pigeon is cooing on the balcony.

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The pigeon kept cooing.

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I can often hear pigeons cooing outside my bedroom window.

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