woo

«woo» in Mova's school dictionary: To try to make someone love you so they will be your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (woo, woos, wooed, wooing); interjection (woo, woo-hoo); noun (woo, informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) To try to make someone love you so they will be your boyfriend, girlfriend or partner. tree →

2) To try hard to get someone's support, such as voters or customers. tree →

3) (informal) «Woo!» or «woo-hoo!» is a cry of excitement. tree →

4) (slang) «Woo» or «woo-woo» means ideas that are mystical and not backed by science. tree →

sense in the lessons

In fairy tales and old stories, a prince woos a princess. In news, politicians woo voters and shops woo customers. In everyday life, children shout «woo-hoo!» when happy. In science talk, «woo» is a dismissive word for unscientific claims.

examples

• The prince wooed the princess with songs. tree →
• The shop is trying to woo new customers with discounts. tree →
• Both parties are wooing young voters. tree →
• Woo-hoo, it's snowing! tree →
• Woo, we won! tree →
• She thinks crystal healing is a lot of woo. tree →
• A suitor comes to woo her. tree →

note

Past form «wooed», said «wood». Say «woo» like «too». The «woo-woo» sense is informal and can be rude about someone's beliefs.

In the corpora

• wǔ («woo», dipping) is five, five fingers spread.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «woo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.