Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bill and coo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: bil-l and -coo
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating.

verb

To exchange loving and affectionate behaviour, such as caresses and kisses.

Example Sentences

"To be brave, handsome, twenty-two; / With nothing else on earth to do, / But all day long to bill and coo; / It were a pleasant calling."
""It's not as if you two were young people, and wanted to be billing and cooing," Lady Ball had said to her the same evening. Miss Mackenzie, as she thought of this, was not so sure that Lady Ball was right. Why would she not want billing and cooing as well as another?"
"Take a sweet girl just like you / How nice if only we could bill and coo"

Inflected Forms

bills and coos (present, singular) billing and cooing (participle, present) billed and cooed (participle, past) billed and cooed (past)

Phrases

lovey-dovey

Frequently Paired Words

lovebird lovey-dovey

Questions

What does bill and coo mean?: To coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating.

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