Usually means: Sing softly, often in sentimentality.
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  1. croon: Merriam-Webster
  2. croon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. croon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. croon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. croon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Croon, croon: Wordnik
  7. croon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. croon: Wiktionary
  9. croon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. croon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. croon: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Croon, croon: Dictionary.com
  13. croon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. croon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Croon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. croon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. croon: Rhymezone
  18. Croon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. croon: FreeDictionary.org
  20. croon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. croon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. croon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. croon: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. croon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See crooned as well.)

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verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.
verb:  To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low, mellow voice.
verb:  (Northern England, Scotland) To lament, to moan.
verb:  (Northern England, Scotland) To make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low.
verb:  (Northern England, Scotland) Of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound.
noun:  A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.
noun:  (Northern England, Scotland) A continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; a bellow.
noun:  (Northern England, Scotland) The low-pitched sound of a large bell.

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