moo-moo

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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Noun

moo-moo (plural moo-moos)

1. (childish) A cow.

Alternative forms

• moomoo, moo moo

Translations

(childish) cow

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Armenian: կովիկ (hy) (kovik)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛牛 (ngau⁴ ngau^4-2)

• Dutch: koetje (nl) n, koebeest (nl) n, koetje-boe n
• Finnish: ammu (fi)
• French: meumeu (fr) f
• German: Muhkuh f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: please add this translation if you can:
• Japanese: 牛さん (ushisan), モーモー (mōmō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Portuguese: vaquinha (pt) f
• Russian: коро́вка (ru) f (koróvka)
• Spanish: vaquita (es) f
• Swedish: kossa (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:

Etymology 2

Noun

moo-moo (plural moo-moos)

1. Alternative spelling of muumuu.
   • 1982, Luba Kadison, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Joseph Buloff, The Chekhov Sketchbook: Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov, Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:

     Everybody fools somebody sometime — one way or another. But Abraham Lincoln said no one could fool all of the people all of the time. Well, I can. I can fool you even wearing a moo-moo.

   • 1999, Jim Christy, Between the Meridians, Ekstasis Editions, →ISBN, page 114:

     When she opened the sidedoor, the kitchen door, at seven-thirty I was pleased to see that she was wearing a moo-moo and her old bathrobe. While parking the car, I'd had this vision of her greeting me in some frayed and mismatched lingerie ...

   • 2003, California Lawyer:

     Upon our arrival at our foster home, we were greeted by a woman with hair on her chin who was wearing a moo-moo. She was significantly older than our mother.

   • 2011, Delphine Mitchell—Brown, Kept: One Woman's Helter-Skelter Journey Through Life, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 249:

     You have to be dressed in a moo-moo or state issue. Any questions? You have to sign up to use the phone. You sign up and you can use it the following day. You can never sign up and use it the same day, […]