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Croon
croon
(croons, crooning, crooned) 1. If you croon, you sing or hum quietly and gently. He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar... Later in the evening, Lewis began to croon another Springsteen song. VERB: V, V n 2. If one person talks to another in a soft gentle voice, you can describe them as crooning, especially if you think they are being sentimental or insincere. ‘Dear boy,’ she crooned, hugging him heartily... The man was crooning soft words of encouragement to his wife. VERB: V with quote, V n, also V
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verb Etymology: Middle English croynen, from Middle Dutch cronen; akin to Old High German cronen to chatter Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. chiefly Scottish bellow, boom 2. to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner; especially to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems transitive verb to sing (as a popular song or a lullaby) in a ~ing manner • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. & intr. hum or sing in a low subdued voice, esp. in a sentimental manner. --n. such singing. Derivatives crooner n. Etymology: ME (orig. Sc. & N.Engl.) f. MDu. & MLG kronen groan, lament ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. тихое проникновенное пение, особ. перед микрофоном 2. напевать вполголоса to croon a lullaby —- мурлыкать колыбельную to croon to oneself —- напевать про себя 3. тихо и проникновенно, с чувством исполнять песенки перед микрофоном 4. шотл. стонать, жаловаться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v to sing or speak in a soft gentle voice, especially about love (Sinatra crooning mellow tunes) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1400, from M.Du. kronen "to lament, mourn," perhaps onomatopoeic. Originally "to bellow like a bull," sense evolved 19c. to "lament," then to "sing softly and sadly." Crooner is from 1930. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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