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bills and coos

bills and coos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bill and coo.

Meaning of bill and coo

Verb

bill and coo (third-person singular simple present bills and coos, present participle billing and cooing, simple past and past participle billed and cooed)

  1. To coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating.
  2. To exchange loving and affectionate behaviour, such as caresses and kisses.
    • 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.1869, William Thackeray, “Piscator and Piscatrix”, in Ballads, published 1881, page 88

Questions about bills and coos

What is bills and coos the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bills and coos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bill and coo.

Words near bills and coos in the dictionary

  1. billpaying
  2. billposter
  3. billposters
  4. billposting
  5. bills
  6. bills and coos
  7. bills of adventure
  8. bills of attainder
  9. bills of complaint
  10. bills of costs
  11. bills of credit

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