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croon::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sing |
| Derivation | crooner, crooning |
Examples of croon
croon
Instead, she kept her voice at medium power, deciding to croon rather than soar.
From the fresnobee.com
Then it was a quick trip to the Grammys this month to croon with Stevie Wonder.
From the stltoday.com
In general, I do not buy old artists still attempting to croon out new sounds.
From the gothamgal.com
LeBeau, to this day, plays guitar, and he would croon for his Lions teammates.
From the washingtonpost.com
And it's one long warble and croon through 28 tracks of easy listening tedium.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Weiss has a Berninger-like croon, minus the mumbles, and he slays every song.
From the courier-journal.com
But ever since the Englishman's paralyzing croon first grabbed me, it hasn't let go.
From the npr.org
Then it was a quick trip to the Grammys in early February to croon with Stevie Wonder.
From the fresnobee.com
There are hints of his father's pert croon, but he does well by the vulnerable stuff.
From the chron.com
- Sing softly
- (crooning) singing in a soft low tone; "her crooning soon put the child to sleep"
- (crooning) the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
- Crooner is an American epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads and thus a "balladeer". The singer is normally backed by a full orchestra or big band. ...
- The Croonian Lectures are prestigious lectureships given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians.
- (crooned) (vb.): To croon is to sing in a low, gentle tone.
- (crooning) A style of singing made possible by the invention of the microphone. It involves an intimate approach to vocal timbre.
- To sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice. Heard mostly in Classic Jazz music.
- 1. to sing in a soft gentle tone 2. to weep and wail (a word with two apparently-contradictory meanings)
