Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the sound made by a pigeon;
VERB (2)
1.
speak softly or lovingly;
- Example: "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly"2.
cry softly, as of pigeons;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coo \Coo\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooing.]
1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the
characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
[1913 Webster]
The stockdove only through the forest cooes,
Mournfully hoarse. --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under
Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." --Byron.
[1913 Webster] Cooey
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coo
n 1: the sound made by a pigeon
v 1: speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was
cooing softly"
2: cry softly, as of pigeons
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "coo":
aspirate, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray,
breathe, buzz, cackle, call, carol, caw, chant, chatter, cheep,
chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck,
cock-a-doodle-doo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drawl, drum,
exclaim, flute, gabble, gaggle, gasp, gobble, growl, grunt, guggle,
hiss, honk, hoo, hoot, keen, lilt, maffle, mumble, murmur,
mussitate, mutter, pant, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roar, roll,
rumble, scold, scream, screech, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap,
snarl, snort, sob, squall, squawk, squeal, susurrate, thunder,
trill, trumpet, twang, tweet, twit, twitter, wail, warble, whine,
whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp