roo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹu/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: rue

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōwō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere(w)-, *rē(w)- (“quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

roo (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) Peace; quietness.
2. (Britain dialectal) Rest; stillness.

• roolie
• unruly

roo (plural roos)

1. Clipping of kangaroo.

• roo bar

• oro-

roo

1. excrement, faeces, shit

roo

1. 3rd person plural of rish

   to them

   • Cha row eh ny s'lheah er loayrt roo. No sooner had he spoken to them.
   • Ta mee çheughey roo. I side with them.

• roosyn (emphatic)

From Old English rā.

roo

1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

From Old English rō.

roo

1. Alternative form of ro (“serenity”)

roo

1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

roo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of roer.

• roigo
• royo

roo

1. leaf