Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who croons; a low humming or murmuring sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun singing in a soft low tone.
- noun the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of creating a
croon . - verb Present participle of
croon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun singing in a soft low tone
- noun the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
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Examples
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There was no longer any need for operatics, and he was able to pioneer the art of intimate singing, which we call crooning.
The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998
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There was no longer any need for operatics, and he was able to pioneer the art of intimate singing, which we call crooning.
The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998
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There was no longer any need for operatics, and he was able to pioneer the art of intimate singing, which we call crooning.
The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998
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Particularly disappointing since the crooning is so damn good.
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Swell Season, best known as the crooning leads in the 2006 Irish independent film "Once."
The Short List 2010
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Midway through the charming, inebriated song, in which two "swellegant" party pals swap banter, dish on guests and form a dipsomaniacal camaraderie, Crosby croons to Sinatra with his distinctive "ba ba ba boom" and Sinatra jokes, "Don't dig that kind of crooning, chum."
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He comes across as some weird kind of crooning stalker.
AI4 – Group of 9 2005
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Soon he was singing a kind of crooning chant in a dialect not known to the novice.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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Estates Court a vast area of land has changed hands, and the new proprietors have only in rare cases succeeded in securing the affection of their tenants and neighbours, who sit "crooning" over the fire, extolling the virtues of the "ould masther" and comparing him with the new one, very much to the disadvantage of the latter.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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It had a good deal of a kind of crooning whine about it, but yet was not a whine.
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