Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To seek the affection of (someone, especially a woman) with the intent to marry or begin a romantic relationship.
- intransitive verb To gain the favor of (someone) or move (someone) to do something by entreaties or inducements.
- intransitive verb To seek the romantic affection of someone, especially a woman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
wool . - To court; seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage; solicit or seek in marriage.
- To solicit; sue; ask with importunity; seek to influence or persuade; invite; endeavor to prevail upon to do or to grant something.
- To seek; seek to obtain or bring about; act as if seeking to obtain or bring about.
- To court; make love; sue in love.
- To ask; seek; solicit.
- An old spelling of
woe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To court; to make love.
- transitive verb To solicit in love; to court.
- transitive verb To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection slang Expressing joy or mirth;
woohoo ,yahoo . - verb transitive To
endeavor to gain someone's support. - verb transitive (of a man) To
try to persuade a woman to marry him.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb seek someone's favor
- verb make amorous advances towards
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For those who aren\'t familiar with the term, \ "woo woo\" is a derogatory reference to almost any form of unconventional thinking, aimed by professional skeptics who are self-appointed vigilantes dedicated to the suppression of curiosity.
Deepak Chopra: Woo Woo Is a Step Ahead of (Bad) Science 2009
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Taylor Swift's ridiculously entertaining new album, "Speak Now," is a lengthy, captivating exercise in woo-pitching, flame tending and score-settling -- with a heavy emphasis on the latter.
Album review: Taylor Swift, "Speak Now" Allison Stewart 2010
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Or would that depend on why the president thought he needed to dothat? woo is busy filming a shootout in a church.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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I realize now it's the "want to believe" that leads viewers to believe that the woo-woo is actually happening.
Archive 2008-07-31 Nicole 2008
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Obama is an idiot but less of one then John McCain – woo hoo Go Obama – this country is going down the toilet.
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The awful part about pushing the mercury woo is that parents will be afraid to vaccinate their children and autistic children will be subjected to quack "cures" like chelation.
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Giving up the woo is of course expected, so no hard feelings.
A Peaceful Eve 2007
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What I'm referring to as woo is the tendency to drag Eastern mystical thinking in, which just adds a cloak of confusion rather than casting any light on the subject.
Just because entanglement is 'spooky' doesn't make it mystical Brian Clegg 2010
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It is high-handed because they lump brilliant speculative thinkers into one black box known as woo woo.
Deepak Chopra: Woo Woo Is a Step Ahead of (Bad) Science 2009
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The unnatural construction of these molded seats is counterproductive to scooting up close to someone and pitching woo, which is of course where the love seat got its name.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
bilby commented on the word woo
"Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover;
Something in the way she woos me..."
- George Harrison.
October 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word woo
Also means pseudo-science, in the slang of sceptics.
December 2, 2008
cryptofascistbbq commented on the word woo
See: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Woo
June 19, 2019