First Known Use: before 12th century
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woo
verb \ˈwü\
: to try to make (someone) love you : to try to have a romantic relationship with (someone)
: to try to attract (someone, such as a customer, voter, worker, etc.) : to attempt to persuade (someone) to buy something from you, vote for you, work for you, etc.
Full Definition of WOO
transitive verb
1
: to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with : court
2
: to solicit or entreat especially with importunity <woo new customers>
3
: to seek to gain or bring about
intransitive verb
: to court a woman
— woo·er noun
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Origin of WOO
Middle English wowen, from Old English wōgian
Related to WOO
- Synonyms
- ask (for), flirt (with), invite, court
Rhymes with WOO
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, xu, yew, you, zoo
WOO Defined for Kids
woo
verb \ˈwü\
wooedwoo·ing
Definition of WOO for Kids
1
: to try to gain the love of
2
: to try to gain <The candidates wooed votes.>
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