woo

IPA: wˈu

A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Korean.
Alternative form of woo woo [(countable, slang, derogatory) A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.]

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

Alternative form of woo woo [(slang, derogatory) Supernatural, pseudoscientific.]

Examples of "woo" in Sentences

Giving up the woo is of course expected, so no hard feelings.
It is high-handed because they lump brilliant speculative thinkers into one black box known as woo woo.
I realize now it's the "want to believe" that leads viewers to believe that the woo-woo is actually happening.
Obama is an idiot but less of one then John McCain – woo hoo Go Obama – this country is going down the toilet.
Or would that depend on why the president thought he needed to dothat? woo is busy filming a shootout in a church.
What I'm referring to as woo is the tendency to drag Eastern mystical thinking in, which just adds a cloak of confusion rather than casting any light on the subject.
The unnatural construction of these molded seats is counterproductive to scooting up close to someone and pitching woo, which is of course where the love seat got its name.
The awful part about pushing the mercury woo is that parents will be afraid to vaccinate their children and autistic children will be subjected to quack "cures" like chelation.
Taylor Swift's ridiculously entertaining new album, "Speak Now," is a lengthy, captivating exercise in woo-pitching, flame tending and score-settling -- with a heavy emphasis on the latter.
For those who aren\'t familiar with the term, \ "woo woo\" is a derogatory reference to almost any form of unconventional thinking, aimed by professional skeptics who are self-appointed vigilantes dedicated to the suppression of curiosity.