woo

/wuː/

verb

  1. 1

    To endeavor to gain someone's support.

  2. 2

    (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with

  3. 3

    To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.

Synonyms

interjection

  1. 1

    Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

    “"I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"”

noun

  1. 1

    A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

    “That reporter is a bit of a woo woo.”
  2. 2

    Those beliefs.

    “He is really into all that woo woo.”

adjective

  1. 1

    Supernatural, pseudoscientific.

    “He made a living out of woo woo beliefs.”
  2. 2

    Readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

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