Woo

Definition: Woo

Woo

Verb

1. Seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia".

2. Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "woo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Woo \Woo\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Wooed; Wooing.]. (references)

WOO

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Woo

Desire

Woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle.

Endearment

Bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet; gallivant, galavant; philander; make love; pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to; serenade; court, woo; set one's cap at; be sweet upon, look sweet upon; ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon; faire les yeux doux.

Crosswords: Woo

Here in town is only she, who is beautiful as me, so I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

Woo Hoo (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Woo! Hot Damn, son I believe you did sell your soul to the devil (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Nooo!! To woo women (Dead Poets Society; writing credit: Tom Schulman)

Woo you got to try. (How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore; performing artist: Alicia Keys)

I found it was addictive love, yeah Woo, hoo, yeah ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

Hey hey hey woo hoo hoo (Good thing; performing artist: Fine Young Cannibals)

Woo, Yea, Woo, Woa (Slow Ride; performing artist: FOGHAT)

Woo ah, mercy mercy me (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); performing artist: Marvin Gaye)

Parlez Vous Woo (1956)

Woo! Woo (1945)

Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo (1944)

Never Too Old to Woo (1917)

Stanley Among the Woo Doo Worshippers (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Woo Hing Brothers (Malaya) Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Cut and Run (Mystery Files of Shelby Woo , No 5) (reference)

• Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo (reference)

• Rescue from Grampa Woo (reference)

• Wacka Wacka Woo & Other Stuff (American Storytelling) (reference)

• Windtalkers: The Making of the John Woo Film about the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II (Newmarket Pictorial Movebooks) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• John Woo Collection DVD 2-Pack: The Killer/ Hard Boiled (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Pitching Woo (reference)

• Schumann: Missa Sacra, Op.147/Brahms: Kyrie WoO.17/Fugue For Organ, WoO.8/Missa Canonica WoO.18 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pogo]. You sure this is the best poem you kin write to woo Miz Boombah for ol' Deacon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

How canst thou woo her

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

South Korea

In a surprise move, on June 29, ruling party presidential candidate Roh Tae Woo announced the implementation of democratic reforms. (references)

South Korea

In July 1988, South Korean President Roh Tae Woo called for new efforts to promote exchanges, family reunification, inter-Korean trade, and contact in international fora. (references)

South Korea

However, in June 1987 Chun suspended all discussion of constitutional revision, and the ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) approved Chun's handpicked successor, Roh Tae Woo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "woo": Fort Leonard Woo ♦ woo away. Additional references.

Ending with "woo": hoo-woo, tae-woo.

Containing "woo": Whooo-woo-ha.

Albanian

vij rrotull (circle, compass, court, fly around, gallivant, make love, mill, prowl, putter, spark), përpiqem të fitoj (contest, dispute), kërkoj të arrij suksesin. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تودد (court, courtship, endearment, fawn), ‏سعى وراء, ‏خطب ود, ‏جلب على نفسه (incur), ‏إلتمس (ask, beg, beseech, canvass, crave, cry, implore, petition, plead, request, solicit, sue). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стремя се да спечеля, ухажвам (court, hang about, hang around, romance, rush, spark), придумвам (coax, talk over, talk round). (various references)

Chinese 

求爱 (Wooed, Wooing), 求愛 . (various references)

Czech

vábit (attract, beckon, entice, tempt), přemlouvat (dub), lákat (allure, beckon, draw, entice, lure, tempt), dvořit se, žádat si. (various references)

Danish

elske (court, love). (various references)

Dutch

scharrelen (court, flirt, flit, flutter, fumble, scratch), het hof maken (court). (various references)

Esperanto

amindumi (court). (various references)

Faeroese

fjasa (court, flirt, flit, flutter). (various references)

Farsi 

عشقبازی کردن با, خواستگاری کردن (Suit, Suitor), جلب لطف کردن , اظهارعشق کردن با. (various references)

Finnish

kosiskella (court). (various references)

French

solliciter, rechercher, racoler, flatter, faire la cour � , faire la cour, courtiser, chercher les faveurs, chercher � plaire. (various references)

German

den Hof machen (court, to court). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω έρωτα (make love, sleep with), κορτάρω (court), μνηστήρ (pretender, suitor), ερωτολογώ (coo, spoon), εραστήσ (lover, paramour, spark, suitor, sweetheart), επιδιώκω (aim at, aspire to, be after, go after 1, go after 2, pursue). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחזור על (court, go round, iterate, repeat, review), לחזר אחרי (court, lallygag, solicit). (various references)

Hungarian

udvarol (court, to beau, to fuss, to pay attention to a lady, to spark, to squire, to sweetheart, to woo), megkéri a kezét (to pop the question, to propose marriage, to sue for sy's hand, to woo). (various references)

Icelandic

sofa hjá (court). (various references)

Italian

sollecitare (canvass, hasten, hurry, importune, press for, solicit, stress, tickle, urge), cercare di conquistare, arruolare (draft, draught, enlist, enrol, enroll, join up, levy, recruit, sign on, sign up, tout). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

言い寄る (to approach defiantly, to court, to woo). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いいよる (to approach defiantly, to court, to woo). (various references)

Korean 

구� 하십시�". (various references)

Manx

sooree er. (various references)

Norwegian

ha samleie med (court), elske (court, love). (various references)

Pig Latin

ooway.(various references)

Portuguese

namorar (court, flirt, gallant), galantear (coquet, court, dally, gallant, philander). (various references)

Romanian

solicita ceva (beg), peţi, face curte cuiva (make love to, pay one's addresses to smb.), curta o fatã, cãuta sã dobândeascã. (various references)

Russian 

добиваться (push for, reach, secure, shy at, wooed, wooing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udvarati se (court, make advances to, mash). (various references)

Spanish

cortejar (court). (various references)

Swedish

fria till. (various references)

Turkish

kur yapmak (court, flirt, make a pass at, pay court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attention to smb., pay one's court to, philander, pitch, rush, spark, Sue), elde etmeye çalışmak (bid, jockey for, make a bid for, try to get), aramak (be on the look-out for, be spoiling for, call, comb, comb out, gun for, have a look-see, Hunt, hunt after, hunt for, hunt out, look, look for, Miss, poke, prospect, quest, rout, rummage, scout about, scout around, search, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, try to find). (various references)

Ukrainian

умовляти (admonish, blandish, cajole, expostulate, persuade, ply, reassure, tempt, word), залицятися (court, gallant, gallivant, philander, squire, sweetheart, wait upon), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit), добиватися (achieve, aim, attain, canvass, obtain, try for, work out, work up). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "woo": wood, woodbin, woodbind, woodbinds, woodbine, woodbines, woodbins, woodblock, woodblocks, woodbox, woodboxes, woodcarver, woodcarvers, woodcarving, woodcarvings, woodchat, woodchats, woodchopper, woodchoppers, woodchuck, woodchucks, woodcock, woodcocks, woodcraft, woodcrafts, woodcut, woodcuts, woodcutter, woodcutters, woodcutting, woodcuttings, wooded, wooden, woodener, woodenest, woodenhead, woodenheaded, woodenheads, woodenly, woodenness, woodennesses, woodenware, woodenwares, woodhen, woodhens, woodie, woodier, woodies, woodiest, woodiness, woodinesses. (additional references)

Words containing "woo": agalwood, agalwoods, arrowwood, arrowwoods, aswoon, backwood, backwoods, backwoodsman, backwoodsmen, backwoodsy, basswood, basswoods, baywood, baywoods, bearwood, bearwoods, beefwood, beefwoods, bentwood, bentwoods, blackwood, blackwoods, bluewood, bluewoods, bogwood, bogwoods, boxwood, boxwoods, brazilwood, brazilwoods, brushwood, brushwoods, buttonwood, buttonwoods, candlewood, candlewoods, cedarwood, cedarwoods, cordwood, cordwoods, corkwood, corkwoods, cottonwood, cottonwoods, dagwood, dagwoods, deadwood, deadwoods, devilwood, devilwoods, dewool. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Woo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aoo, oo, oooo, Owo, owon, owto, qwol, swoo, twoo, voo, wao, weio, weo, whoo, whooy, wio, wiu, Wlo, wmoa, woa, woah, woap, wob, wobo, woc, wodoo, wof, wog, woi, woiy, wojo, Wojoik, wom, woob, wooe, woog, wooh, woom, wooo, woop, woor, woot, woow, wooy, wooz, woq, woro, worot, wot, wou, wouk, wouw, wov, wowo, woy, woz, wro, wso, wto, wua, wue, wui, Wuko, wuo, wyo, wyol, Xoo, zwo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ow, wo.

+1 letter: wood, woof, wool, woos.

+2 letters: kotow, nohow, oxbow, swoon, swoop, wahoo, wazoo, whoof, whoop, whoso, woods, woody, wooed, wooer, woofs, wools, wooly, woops, woosh, woozy.

+3 letters: aswoon, borrow, bowpot, bowwow, cowboy, cowpox, dewool, fogbow, follow, godown, hollow, kotows, kowtow, lowboy, morrow, outrow, oxbows, powwow, sorrow, swoons, swoops, swoosh, wahoos, wazoos, whomso, whoofs, whoops, whoosh, wonton, wooded, wooden, woodie, woodsy, wooers, woofed, woofer, wooing, wooled, woolen, wooler, woolie, woolly.