Antonyms for moo
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : moo |
Phonetic Transcription : mu |
Definition of moo
Origin :- "to make the characteristic sound of a cow," 1540s, of imitative origin. Related: Mooed; mooing. The noun is from 1789. Baby-talk moo-cow (n.) attested from 1812.
- As in cry : noun calling out; yelling
- As in cry : verb call out, yell
- Of his wife, "Moo," who outlived him many years, how much one might say!
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- From the pasture the red and white cow sent after them a broken-spirited "Moo!"
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Moo (m'o)--a reptile; a dragon; a mythologic monster (p. 260).
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
- As they talked they had walked on and now heard a low “Moo!”
- Extract from : « A Little Maid of Province Town » by Alice Turner Curtis
- The O Moo was still standing in the little stream on the sandy island.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the O Moo » by Roy J. Snell
- The boom of cannon outranked the moo of cattle in his meadows.
- Extract from : « The Wonderful Story of Washington » by Charles M. Stevens
- We'll have to depend on 'local talent' and—hear that cow 'Moo!'
- Extract from : « Dorothy at Skyrie » by Evelyn Raymond
- And Brindle always knows me, and says 'Moo' when she sees me.
- Extract from : « Moni the Goat Boy and Other Stories » by Johanna Spyri
- Alas, what could be done with beef, that had said "moo" that forenoon?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 » by Various
- They paw the ground and moo at each other but must not fight unless they can break the ring.
- Extract from : « Jamaican Song and Story » by Walter Jekyll
Synonyms for moo
- acclamation
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- bleat
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- cheer
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- coo
- croak
- crow
- ejaculate
- ejaculation
- exclaim
- exclamation
- expletive
- fuss
- gabble
- gobble
- groan
- growl
- grunt
- hail
- hiss
- holler
- holler out
- hoot
- howl
- hullabaloo
- hurrah
- low
- meow
- mewling
- moo
- motto
- nicker
- note
- outcry
- pipe
- quack
- report
- roar
- ruckus
- scream
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- sing out
- snarl
- song
- squall
- squawk
- squeak
- trill
- tweet
- uproar
- vociferate
- vociferation
- wail
- whine
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yammer
- yawp
- yell
- yelp
- yoo-hoo
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