woo

/wuห/

IPA: /W UW1/

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.

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

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThat reporter is a bit of a woo woo.โ€

  2. 2

    Those beliefs.

    โ€œHe is really into all that woo woo.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Supernatural, pseudoscientific.

    โ€œHe made a living out of woo woo beliefs.โ€

  2. 2

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woo