Meanings
moo-moo1
plural moo-moos · alternative moomoo · alternative moo moo
- childishA cow.
moo-moo2
plural moo-moos
- alternativeAlternative spelling of muumuu.
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.
2003, California Lawyer3 more examples
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.
1980, John Patrick, “Masquerade”, in That’s Not My Father! Three One Act Plays, London; New York, N.Y.: Samuel French, →ISBN, page 58When 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 ...
1999, Jim Christy, Between the Meridians, Ekstasis Editions, →ISBN, page 114You 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, […]
2011, Delphine Mitchell—Brown, Kept: One Woman's Helter-Skelter Journey Through Life, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 249
Origin
Onomatopoeic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 牛牛
- 牛牛(childish) cow
Dutch koetje, koebeest
- koetje(childish) cow
- koebeest(childish) cow
- koetje-boe(childish) cow
Finnish ammu
- ammu(childish) cow
French meumeu
- meumeu(childish) cow
German Muhkuh
- Muhkuh(childish) cow
Japanese 牛さん, モーモー
- 牛さん (ushisan)(childish) cow
- モーモー (mōmō)(childish) cow
Polish krówka
- krówka(childish) cow
Portuguese vaquinha
- vaquinha(childish) cow
Russian коро́вка
- коро́вка (koróvka)(childish) cow
Spanish vaquita
- vaquita(childish) cow
Swedish kossa
- kossa(childish) cow
Cite this entry
moo-moo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moo-moo
“moo-moo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moo-moo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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