Croon

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkɹuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Origin

Middle Dutch kronen ("to groan, lament"), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- ("to cry hoarsely").

Full definition of croon

Verb

1. To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
• Charlotte BrontëHearing such stanzas crooned in her praise.
2. (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.
• Charles DickensThe fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.
3. (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

Derived terms

• crooner

Noun

1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.
• 2012, June 26, Genevieve Koski, Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe, And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”

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