coo

Other forms of coo

plural

coos·

past tense

cooed·

present participle

cooing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coo

What does coo mean?

coo means "speak softly or lovingly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coo?

coo has 1 syllable: coo. In IPA it is /ˈku/.

Is coo a common word?

coo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coo?

3 words rhyme with coo. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.