Croon

Definition: Croon

Croon

Verb

1. Sing softly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "croon" was first used: sometime around 1400. (references)

Note: Croon \Croon\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Crooned; Crooning.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Croon

Croon Crazy (1933)

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Music

• Croon & Swoon: The Classic Christmas (reference)

• Croon And Swoon: A Classic Christmas, Vol. 2 (reference)

• Learn to Croon (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Albanian

këngë nën zë, këndoj nën zë (hum). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غنى (affluence, chant, enrich, make money, opulence, perform, render, riches, richness, sang, sing, sung, warble, wealth), ‏دندنة (drone, hum, mutter, muttering, singing), ‏دندن (drone, hum, mumble, sing, warble). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тананикам тихо, тихо тананикане, напявам (cantillate, intonate). (various references)

Czech

tiše zpívat, broukat si (burble, hum). (various references)

Farsi 

ناله (Dolor, Groan, Grumble, Moan, Wail, Whimper, Whine), زمزمه کردن (Hum, Murmur), زمزمه (Murmur), اواز (Air, Sing, Singsong, Song, Tune). (various references)

Finnish

hyräillä (hum). (various references)

French

chantonner, chanton, chanter, roucouler. (various references)

German

schmalzig singen, schmalzen (drool), sanft singen, leise singen, gefühlvoll singen. (various references)

Greek 

σιγοτραγουδώ, μουρμουρίζω (burble, coo, grouse, grunt, mumble, murmur, mutter), τραγουδώ αισθηματικά. (various references)

Hebrew 

לזמזם (buzz, drone, hum, whir, whirr). (various references)

Hungarian

zümmög (Bumble, buzz, drone, hum, to buzz, to croon, to drone, to hum, to whirr, to zoom, whirr), dúdolás, dúdol (troll). (various references)

Indonesian

bersenandung. (various references)

Italian

canticchiare sottovoce. (various references)

Manx

cronnaney (boom, drone, hum, purr, sing). (various references)

Pig Latin

ooncray

Portuguese

cantarolar (ditty, hum, sing, troll), canção monótona, sussurro (buzz, embroidery, hum, murmur, purl, ripple, rustle, sough, susurration, swish, whirr, whisper, whispering), murmurar (bicker, brawl, bubble, coo, gossip, groan, grumble, gurgle, ha, hum, lip, murmur, mutter, prattle, purl, repine, sough, whisper), murmúrio (babblement, brawl, breath, breeze, bubble, buzz, chatter, embroidery, murmur, mutter, purl, ripple, sough, susurration, whisper, whispering), lamentar-se (complain, groan, mope, natter, plain, repine, ululate, wail). (various references)

Romanian

fredona încet, fredona (hum, murmur, vocalize). (various references)

Russian 

напевать (cantillate). (various references)

Scottish

crònan (a dirge, hum, purling sound). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tiho pevanje, pevušiti (hum). (various references)

Spanish

canturrear (bum, hum, sing softly). (various references)

Swedish

nynna. (various references)

Turkish

mırıldanmak (coo, fret and fume, grizzle, grumble, hum, mump, murmur, mutter, pur, purr), şarkı mırıldamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

тихо співати, наспів (canto, chant, descant). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng hát ngâm nga nho nhỏ. (various references)

Welsh

grwnan (purr). (various references)

kronen. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "croon": crooned, crooner, crooners, crooning, croons. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Croon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aroon, caroo, Carroun, ceron, choon, Choong, Chrohn, Chron, chrono, ciron, Cooxon, coran, corbon, corin, Cormon, corno, coron, corono, Coxon, Crahn, crano, craon, crazon, creno, creon, creson, Crinow, crio, crion, croan, crodon, crohn, croin, cromo, cron, cront, cronz, croo, Croob, crood, croog, croom, croop, croot, croow, croq, crotoan, crotono, Croun, crun, crune, crunt, cryon, droon, froon, krooh, Kroom, kroon, sroon, troon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: coon, corn.

-2 letters: con, coo, cor, noo, nor, orc, roc.

-3 letters: no, on, or.

+1 letter: bronco, condor, cordon, corona, croons, croton, racoon.

+2 letters: boronic, broncho, broncos, cardoon, cartoon, chorion, chronon, concord, condors, conform, consort, contort, contour, control, coranto, cordons, corncob, cornrow, cornuto, coronae, coronal, coronas, coronel, coroner, coronet, crooned, crooner, crotons, crouton, dornock, moronic, omicron, orcinol, popcorn, porcino, raccoon, racoons, rockoon, torchon.

+3 letters: acrodont, acromion, bronchos, canorous, cardoons, cartoons, cartoony, chorions, chronons, coanchor, coenamor, coercion, colorant, coloring, colorman, colormen, commoner, concerto, concords, condoler, condoner, condores, conforms, confront, conjuror, consoler, consorts, contorts, contours, controls, convenor, conveyor, convoker, copatron, corantos, cordoned, cordovan, corncobs, corneous, cornpone, cornrows, cornutos, coronach, coronals, coronary, coronate, coronels, coroners, coronets, coronoid, couranto, crampoon, creodont, crooking, crooners, crooning, croutons, cryotron, dornocks, hormonic, isochron, macaroon, monocarp, monocrat, nonactor, noncolor, octonary, octoroon, omicrons, orcinols, orogenic, orthicon, ostracon, outscorn, pecorino, picaroon, popcorns, protonic, raccoons, rockoons, schooner, scorpion, torchons, unicolor.