woo
Verb
Verb Forms: wooed, wooing, woos
- To try to gain the love, support, or favor of.
- seek someone's favor
- "China is wooing Russia"
- make amorous advances towards
- To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.
- To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.
Intj
- Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.
Adj
- Alternative form of woo woo.
Noun
- Alternative form of woo woo.
Examples
- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"
- He tried to WOO the triple word score by strategically placing his tiles.
- They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
Synonyms
court, romance, solicit, address, beau, bedear, chase after, endear, make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, spark, woo
Scrabble Score: 6
woo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwoo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
woo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary