croonern.

Brit.

/ˈkruːnə/, U.S.

/ˈkrunər/

Etymology: < croon v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who croons. In Scottish a name for a fish, the Grey Gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus), from the noise it makes when landed.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound > one who

crooner1884

1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.

?1838 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 6. 170 Trigla gurnardus..the Gurnett or Crooner.

1884 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Dec. 73/1 We..discovered each other—the crooner and I.

b. spec. A singer who croons (see croon v. 2a).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > crooner

crooner1930

yowler1935

swooner1944

1930 Vanity Fair July 57 Just call them Crooners.

1932 Thorne Smith Bishop's Jaegers (1934) 314 That sound..is made nightly by one of the nation's most popular crooners.

1933 Punch 2 Aug. 122/1 Bing Crosby the crooner..croons to his feminine class and is crooned to in reply.

1948 Penguin Music Mag. Feb. 25 The B.B.C. could start the campaign by refusing to make ‘stars’ of its crooners.

1954 Granta 6 Nov. 23/1 Dickie Valentine turns out, from his old cuttings, to be a crooner, as I had suspected.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crooner
释义	croonern. Brit. /ˈkruːnə/, U.S. /ˈkrunər/ Etymology: < croon v. + -er suffix¹. a. One who croons. In Scottish a name for a fish, the Grey Gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus), from the noise it makes when landed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound > one who crooner1884 1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. ?1838 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 6. 170 Trigla gurnardus..the Gurnett or Crooner. 1884 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Dec. 73/1 We..discovered each other—the crooner and I. b. spec. A singer who croons (see croon v. 2a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > crooner crooner1930 yowler1935 swooner1944 1930 Vanity Fair July 57 Just call them Crooners. 1932 Thorne Smith Bishop's Jaegers (1934) 314 That sound..is made nightly by one of the nation's most popular crooners. 1933 Punch 2 Aug. 122/1 Bing Crosby the crooner..croons to his feminine class and is crooned to in reply. 1948 Penguin Music Mag. Feb. 25 The B.B.C. could start the campaign by refusing to make ‘stars’ of its crooners. 1954 Granta 6 Nov. 23/1 Dickie Valentine turns out, from his old cuttings, to be a crooner, as I had suspected. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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