Crossword clues for cooing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cooing \cooing\ adj. [pr. Participle of verb coo (definition 2)] emitting a cry like that of a dove; as, The cooing pigeons.
Wiktionary
n. A coo; a cooing sound. vb. (present participle of coo English)
WordNet
adj. that is making a soft cry; "the cooing pigeons"
Usage examples of "cooing".
A rustic pipe--giving forth a sonorous moan, now cooing and crooning, now bold and confident, and again irresolute and unschooled.
The cooing of pigeons--a sound of low velocity--has a longer range than the shrieking of parrots.
The weather was close, and being satisfied, and, for once, frugal, George cooked the two remaining fish, and swathing them neatly in fresh green leaves, sauntered away, cooing a corroboree of content.
She leaned against him heavily with a throaty chuckle like the cooing of a fat gray pigeon.
The cooing, rustling, struggling load dragged beside him, snagging on the old flooring- He could feel heat on his bare legs.
His belly scraped the floor as he wriggled along with his cooing, rustling load- His eyes were running tears, and even if there had been light he would have been blind.
To his ears came only the cooing and fluttering of pigeons, pecking one another in their eagerness as they snatched up wet, gray chunks.
He shies in surprise as she jumps to his aid, cooing nurturingly, laying her hands on his shoulders to help him remove his waterlogged ulster.
The wind is blowing harder now, cooing and lowing all around the house.
More frightening, Sysquemalyn vacillated between sane and insane, shrieking one minute, cooing the next as if playing her own games.
Nudging, cooing, occasionally swatting, he forced the huge red mount to limp a tight circle.
Mixture of sounds: man and boy relieving selves, woman singing softly to baby, baby sucking and cooing, crickets, hoot of owl, breeze through leaves .
And instead of the deadly silence the whole place rang with the sound of happy roarings, brayings, yelpings, barkings, squealings, cooings, neighings, stampings, shouts, hurrahs, songs and laughter.
I loved you first: but afterwards your love Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.
And so, heavily back across the dewy fields, under the larks' songs, the cooings of pigeons, the hum of wings, and all the unconscious rhythm of ageless Nature.