woo

suomi-englanti sanakirja

woo englannista suomeksi

To endeavor to gain someone's support.
(often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
(quote-book) Book XIX, Chapter viii, leaf 393v|text=''Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay.''"So leave we Sir Launcelot lying within that cave in great pain; and every day there came a lady and brought him his meat and his drink, and wooed him, to have lain by him; and ever the noble knight, Sir Launcelot, said her nay."
(RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis)
{{quote-text|en|year=1718|author=Matthew Prior|title=epistle to Charles Montagu.
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
(RQ:Milton Poems)
{{quote-text|en|year=a. 1850|author=William Cullen Bryant|title=s:Summer Wind
(quote-journal)
Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.

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

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