woo

Etymology 1

From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).

verb

1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
2. (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
   Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay. "So leave we Sir Launcelot lying within that cave in great pain; and every day there came a lady and brought him his meat and his drink, and wooed him, to have lain by him; and ever the noble knight, Sir Launcelot, said her nay." 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XIX, Chapter viii, leaf 393v
   Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought. 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.
3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
   I woo the wind / That still delays his coming. a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind
   It will be a tragedy if further enterprises of this kind—for example, the one proposed between South Wales, Bristol and the South Coast via Salisbury—are now deferred until they, too, are realised too late to make an impact on a public that is too firmly wedded to the roads to be wooed back to the trains. 1962 April, “Death from Natural Causes?”, in Modern Railways, page 218

Etymology 2

intj

1. (slang) Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.
   "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"

Etymology 3

adj

1. Alternative form of woo woo

noun

1. Alternative form of woo woo
   Physics hasn't been "looking" at it, certain men who embrace the Copenhagen Interpretation rather than Many Worlds or the Pilot Wave angles are resorting to woo. February 13, 2020, LinuxGal, “Atheists claim a 'thing' happened.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), message-ID <alpine.DEB.2.21.2002150505580.3311@teresita-Latitude-D630>