"woo" meaning in English

See woo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /wuː/ Audio: en-us-woo.ogg [US] Forms: woo
enPR: wo͞o Head templates: {{interjection}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You may yell woo or woo-hoo to show happy excitement.
    Sense id: simple-woo-en-intj-iWJ57iSy Categories (other): Colloquial

Verb

IPA: /wuː/ Audio: en-us-woo.ogg [US] Forms: woo [canonical], woos [third-person, singular], wooed [past], wooed [past, participle], wooing [present, participle]
enPR: wo͞o Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you woo someone, you try to get that person to like you, date you or marry you.
    Sense id: simple-woo-en-verb--ThS3ptD
     
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