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bill and coo
To kiss, nuzzle, and talk sweetly with another person, typically a romantic partner. All my sister and her boyfriend do is bill and coo—it's so nauseating.
cuckoo
Crazy. There's a guy on our corner who shouts about the end of the world; I think he's a little cuckoo.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
bill and coo
LITERARY, OLD-FASHIONEDIf two lovers bill and coo, they kiss and talk together in a loving way. I just have to stand there grinding my teeth while they bill and coo. Note: In this expression, lovers are being compared to a pair of doves touching their beaks or bills together and cooing.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
bill and coo
exchange caresses or affectionate words; behave or talk in a very loving or sentimental way. informal, datedThe image is of two doves, a long-established symbol of mutual love.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
bill and coo
in. to kiss and cuddle. (In the manner of love birds.) Keep an eye on those kids. They aren’t going to be satisfied with billing and cooing forever, you know.
coo-coo
and cuckoo1. mod. unconscious. I socked him on the snoot and knocked him coo-coo.
2. mod. insane. How did I ever get involved in this cuckoo scheme, anyway?
cuckoo
verbSee coo-coo
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
bill and coo
To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bill and coo
To hug and kiss. A sweet old-fashioned phrase for necking, making out, smooching, or playing kissy-face—the way that courting birds touch bills and emit soft cooing noises before they get down to the real mating game.
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price