croon

croon
transitive & intransitive verb
[leise] singen; [Popsänger:] schmachtend singen, schnulzen (ugs. abwertend)
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[kru:n]
verb
1) (to sing or hum in a low voice: She crooned a lullaby.) summen
2) (to sing in a quiet, sentimental style.) schmalzig singen
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croon
[kru:n]
I. vt
▪ to \croon sth mit schmachtender Stimme singen, schnulzen pej fam
▪ to \croon sth to oneself etw vor sich akk hin summen
II. vi leise reden, in sanftem Flüsterton reden
III. n
1. (song) sentimentaler Song, Schnulze f pej fam
2. (voice) schmachtender Tonfall
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[kruːn]
1. vt
(= sing softly) leise or sanft singen; (usu pej, sentimentally) gefühlvoll or schmalzig (pej inf) singen
2. vi
(= sing softly) leise or sanft singen; (usu pej, sentimentally) Schnulzen (pej inf) or sentimentale Lieder singen
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croon [kruːn]
A v/t & v/i
1. schmachtend singen
2. leise singen oder summen:
she crooned her baby to sleep sie summte ihr Baby in den Schlaf
B s
1. leises Singen oder Summen
2. auch croon song Schnulze f pej, sentimentaler Schlager
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transitive & intransitive verb
[leise] singen; [Popsänger:] schmachtend singen, schnulzen (ugs. abwertend)
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v.
summen v.

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