curr

verb

Definition of currnext
as in to coo

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  1. coo
  2. hiss
  3. whisper
  4. sigh
Verb
  • Sunny, having evidently manifested full autonomy, finds a wounded bird and begins cooing at it like a child.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 31 July 2024
  • And in her own company, a woman is taking maternity leave now; her baby is a month old, and Williams coos over photos of her newborn.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of coo
Verb
  • And some hoot and holler at just a whiff of Nicolas Cage screaming and hissing and mincing and making bug-eyes.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 11 July 2024
  • The Houston Museum of Natural Science is offering Houstonians and visitors the opportunity to adopt a Madagascar hissing cockroach to express everlasting affection.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of hiss
Verb
  • The same way that our culture has taught us to whisper about our periods and hide our tampons—despite the fact that our menstrual cycles perpetuate our species—new mothers are culturally guided to hide the more brutal details of childbirth.
    Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The faux poster was an alteration to the official Universal Pictures marketing materials in which Elphaba’s full face is on display as Glinda (Ariana Grande) whispers in her ear.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of whisper
Verb
  • Those answers will unfortunately have to wait until Season 2. Maggie sighs.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In Jilly Cooper’s world, men conquer, women sigh, the sun shines perpetually on pale-gold Cotswolds mansions with bluebells in bloom, and absolutely everyone is DTF, as the parlance goes.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of sigh
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