cooing

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When birds such as doves and pigeons coo, they make a low soft sound.

to speak in a soft, gentle, or loving way:

The baby lay in his cot, cooing and gurgling.

coo over It's sickening the way she coos over those cats of hers.

[ + speech ] "How wonderful to see you again, darling," she cooed.

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COO of Most recently, he was COO of IFS Engineering.

(esp. of some birds, such as pigeons) to make a low, soft call, or (of people) to speak in a soft, gentle way:

My baby gazed back at me and cooed.

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