woo

Meanings

Verb

• To endeavor to gain someone's support.
• (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
• To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.

Interjection

• Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

Adjective

• Alternative of woo woo

Noun

• Alternative of woo woo

Origin

• From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow. Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh, in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō, from Proto-Indo-European *wonk-, from Proto-Indo-European *wā-; related to Old Norse vá.