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Definition of moo :
1. See Mo.
2. The lowing of a cow.
3. To make the noise of a cow; to low; - child's word.
Synonyms:
ululate (part of speech: verb)
crow, chatter, cackle, snort, caw, growl, bleat, gobble, mew, purr, meow, squawk, cry, whinny, cuckoo, grunt, bellow, bay, chirp, roar, snarl, cluck, neigh, warble, honk, yelp, squeal, trill, twit, call, hoot, ululate, quack, howl, bawl, bray, coo, bark
ululation (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
- In China, few temples are without some representation of the Nelumbium; sometimes the Shing- moo is painted as standing upon its leaves in the midst of a lake. - "Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton", John Barrow.
- It was: " Oh, my poor pet Mumpsy, and he didn't like a nasty great big ugly heavy foot an his poor soft silky- mum- mum- back, he didn't, and he soodn't that he- mum- mum - soodn't; and he cried out and knew the place to come to, and was oh so sorry for what had happened to him- mum- mum- mum- and now he was going to be made happy, his mistress make him happy- mum- mum- mum- moo- o- o- o." - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
- We speak of a cow, not of a moo. - "Lectures on The Science of Language", Max Müller.