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Croon \Croon\ (kr[=oo]n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to
moan. [root]24.]
1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in
pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
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Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.
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3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to
amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with
exaggerated sentimentality. --MW10 --RHUD
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Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr[=oo]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Crooning}.]
1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
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Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C.
Bront['e].
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2. To soothe by singing softly.
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The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung
and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens.
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Croon \Croon\, n.
1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
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2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
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