Dictionary entry

Croon (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crooned (kro͞ond); p. pr. & vb. n.Crooning.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.

Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise.

C. Bronté.

2. To soothe by singing softly.

The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.

Dickens.