What does woo mean?
Definitions for woo
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word woo.
Princeton's WordNet
woo, courtverb
seek someone's favor
"China is wooing Russia"
woo, court, romance, solicitverb
make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"
Wiktionary
wooverb
To endeavor to gain someone's affection.
woointerjection
Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
"I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Wooverb
To court; to sue to for love.
Etymology: awogod , courted, Saxon.
We cannot fight for love, as men may do;
We should be woo’d, and were not made to woo. William Shakespeare.Some lay in dead mens skulls; and in those holes
Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept,
As ’twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems;
That woo’d to the slimy bottom of the deep.
And mock’d the dead bones that lay scatter’d by. William Shakespeare.Fancies and notions he pursues,
Which ne’er had being but in thought:
Each like the Grecian artist woos
The image he himself has wrought. Matthew Prior.My proud rival woos
Another partner to his throne and bed. Ambrose Philips, Distrest Mother.Oh, stretch thy reign, fair peace! from shore to shore,
Till conquest cease, and slav’ry be no more;
Till the freed Indians in their native groves
Reap their own fruits, and woo their fable loves. Alexander Pope.Yet can she love a foreign emperor,
Whom of great worth and pow’r she hears to be;
If she be woo’d but by ambassador,
Or but his letters or his pictures see:
So while the virgin soul on earth doth stay,
She woo’d and tempted is ten thousand ways
By these great pow’rs, which on the earth bear sway,
The wisdom of the world, wealth, pleasure, praise. Davies.Sweet bird that shun’st the noise of folly,
Most musical, most melancholy!
Thee, chauntress oft the woods among,
I woo to hear thy even-song. John Milton.To Wooverb
To court; to make love.
With pomp, and trains, and in a crowd they woo,
When true felicity is but in two. Dryden.
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woo
Woo can refer to the act of trying to win someone over or persuade them, often through charm, flattery, or other appealing tactics. It is typically used in the context of romantic relationships, where a person may engage in wooing to attract or court someone they are interested in. Woo can also be used more broadly to describe the pursuit of admiration or favor from others, such as in business or social situations.
Webster Dictionary
Wooverb
to solicit in love; to court
Wooverb
to court solicitously; to invite with importunity
Wooverb
to court; to make love
Etymology: [OE. wowen, woen, AS. wgian, fr. wh bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. wh evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. vac to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Woo
wōō, v.t. to ask in order to marriage: to court: to solicit eagerly, to seek.—v.i. to court or make love: to ask.—ns. Woo′er; Woo′ing. [A.S. wógian, to woo—wóg, wóh, bent.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WOO
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Woo is ranked #2775 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Woo surname appeared 13,003 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Woo.
86.8% or 11,294 total occurrences were Asian.
4.8% or 625 total occurrences were of two or more races.
4.6% or 605 total occurrences were White.
3.1% or 411 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 57 total occurrences were Black.
0% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of woo in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of woo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of woo in a Sentence
They are unequivocally not going because they think they are going to woo the Jewish vote.
I think he really wants to change his culture, but I think he is forced to be in this position, because every time I go over there he has changed so much for the people, and people don’t see that. as a young man in his mid-30s, Kim Jong Un must woo the next generation if he’s to rule for decades to come.
These ratings often shift dramatically based on who controls the White House, with partisans more optimistic when their candidates are in power, but the shifts among independents are instructive and a clear warning sign for Democrats, who will need to show more progress to woo these voters back before the midterms.
All of a sudden, here come the shirt up, she started flashing and, 'Woo hoo,' and I said, 'And what respect is that for kids?' There was none. And then she turned around and dropped her pants.
Voting rates aren't that high in Japan so this could be a PR move by The Japanese government and a way for them to woo young people to think about their role in the political conversation.
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- توددArabic
- dvořit seCzech
- kurtisereDanish
- den Hof machenGerman
- κορτάρωGreek
- cortejar, pololear, jotearSpanish
- vokotella, kosiskella, riiataFinnish
- faire la cour, courtiserFrench
- udvarolHungarian
- corteggiareItalian
- 求愛, ウーJapanese
- 우Korean
- whaipo, mātoro, aruaru, whakawhaipo, whakaipoMāori
- [[het]] [[hof]] [[maken]]Dutch
- wooNorwegian
- cortejarPortuguese
- curtaRomanian
- ухаживать, свататься, [[добиваться]] [[расположениеRussian
- uppvakta, kurtisera, svärmaSwedish
- yazmak, kur yapmak, asılmakTurkish
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