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croony | croons |

As an adjective croony

is characterized by crooning.

As a verb croons is

third-person singular of croon.

croony

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by crooning.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=October 4, author=Christopher Hitchens, title=Fade to Black, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But he is sternly instructed by Charlie to discard this, his only ace, and indeed if Emily even mentions “that croony nostalgia music” to pretend that he knows nothing of the subject. }}

    See also

    * crony

    croons

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (croon)

    • croon

    English

    Verb

  • To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
  • * Charlotte Brontë
    • Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise.
  • To soothe by singing softly.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.
  • (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
    • (Jamieson)

    Derived terms

    * crooner

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft or sentimental hum or song.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=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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