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Definition of 'croon'English
Verb
To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
* Charlotte Brontë
- Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise.
To soothe by singing softly.
* Charles Dickens
- The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.
(Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
- (Jamieson)
Derived terms
* crooner
Noun
( en-noun)
A soft or sentimental hum or song.
* {{quote-news
|year=2012
|date=June 26
|author=Genevieve Koski
|title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe
|work=The Onion AV Club
citation
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|passage=And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.” }}
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