Definitions for woo
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. woo, courtverb

   seek someone's favor

   "China is wooing Russia"

2. woo, court, romance, solicitverb

   make amorous advances towards

   "John is courting Mary"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wooverb

   To endeavor to gain someone's affection.

2. woointerjection

   Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

   "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

   2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.

   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.

2. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wooverb

   to solicit in love; to court

2. Wooverb

   to court solicitously; to invite with importunity

3. Wooverb

   to court; to make love

4. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. WOO

   What does WOO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WOO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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How to pronounce woo?

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How to say woo in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of woo in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of woo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of woo in a Sentence

1. Fred Zeidman:

   They are unequivocally not going because they think they are going to woo the Jewish vote.

2. Jean Lee:

   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.

3. Democrat Chris Anderson:

   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.

4. Neighbor Carey Smith:

   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.

5. Jeff Kingston:

   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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=woo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Woo
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=woo
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=woo
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=woo