[kroon] 
| 1. | to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby. |
| 2. | to sing in an evenly modulated, slightly exaggerated manner: Popular singers began crooning in the 1930s. |
| 3. | to utter a low murmuring sound. |
| 4. | Scot. and North England.
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| 5. | to sing (a song) in a crooning manner. |
| 6. | to lull by singing or humming to in a soft, soothing voice: to croon a child to sleep. |
| 7. | the act or sound of crooning. |
| croon (krōōn) v. crooned, croon·ing, croons v. intr.
To sing softly or in a humming way: crooning a lullaby. n. A soft singing or humming. [Middle English crounen, from Middle Dutch krōnen, to lament; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.] croon'er n. |