moo

Onomatopoeic.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mu/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: mu

moo (plural moos)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.
2. (Britain, slang, mildly derogatory) A foolish woman.

   You silly moo! What did you do that for?

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

     'Aurora House does not expel,' said the sanctimonious moo, 'but you will be medicated, if your behaviour warrants it, for your own protection.'

moo (third-person singular simple present moos, present participle mooing, simple past and past participle mooed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

• low

moo

1. The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

• OOM, omo-, oom

moo

1. river

moo

1. Rōmaji transcription of もお

From Old Irish móu, móo, from Proto-Celtic *māyos, comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mò, Irish mó and Welsh mwy.

moo

1. comparative degree of mooar (“big, great, large”)

• smoo