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Definition of Crooning
1. Noun. Singing in a soft low tone. "Her crooning soon put the child to sleep"
2. Noun. The act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner.
Definition of Crooning
1. Noun. The act of creating a croon. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of croon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crooning
1. croon [v] - See also: croon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooning
Literary usage of Crooning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"94.) D. 13-272p. $1.25. '00. (é. '99.) Putnam. •crooning« of the winds. Grigg.s,
NK pa. Lyon & Healy. Cropsey, Miss Nebraska C. Sec Cook, .1: W., ..."
2. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"As a specimen of the sentimental crooning of the half-intoxicated dare-devil,
there is nothing better, perhaps, than— ' Ih MS Breitmann gife a barty, ..."
3. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"... instance we owe them, although of an old family well known to the peasantry,
had to lie eavesdropping in the maize to hear the reapers crooning them. ..."
4. Poems and Songs, Gaelic and English by Mary Cameron Mackellar (1880)
"crooning FOR A DARK DAY. WE must not weep nor grieve to-day, Altho' the sun's
not shining; The rain will feed the budding rose Upon the breast of May; ..."
5. Motherhood: A Poem by Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins (1881)
"crooning. HAT sunny hours bend low, The while I sit and sew, And with my needle
in and out Catch glimpses of sweet dreams about The pretty things ..."
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