How to pronounce croon

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What croon means

verb

To sing in a gentle, low, smooth way

In a sentence: Dad crooned an old song to rock the baby to sleep.

Where it comes from: It came from a Scots word for a low, drawn-out sound, and probably goes back to an old Dutch word meaning "to groan" or "to moan."

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