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Croon (kr&oō_;n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan. √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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (kr&oō_;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. Bronté.
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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, n. 1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
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2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
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