Definitions for: Croon

[v] sing softly

Webster (1913) Definition: Croon (kr??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.

2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.

Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.

Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (kr??nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Crooning.]
1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.

Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C.
Bront?.

2. To soothe by singing softly.

The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung
and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens.

Croon, n.
1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.

2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.

See Also: sing

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