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Cooee definition: a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia and adopted by the settlers in the country.. See examples of COOEE used in a sentence.
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The meaning of COOEE is a cry to attract attention or give warning.
Cooee! (/ ˈ k uː iː /) is a shout originated in Australia to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly—loudly and shrilly—a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. The distance one's cooee call travels can be a matter of competitive pride.
1. a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush. verb Word forms: cooees, cooeeing, cooeed or cooeys, cooeying, cooeyed. 2. (intransitive) to utter this call. noun.
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enPR: ko͞o'(w)ē, IPA(key): /ˈkuːʷiː/Rhymes: -uːiːcooee (plural cooees) 1. (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.quotations ▼ 1.1. 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 32, column 1: 1.1.1. Then they heard in the distance the "coo-ee" of a white man, which was instantly ans...
cooee (third-person singular simple present cooees, present participle cooeeing, simple past and past participle cooeed) 1. (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.quotations ▼ 1.1. 2001, Robert Holden; Nicholas Holden, Bunyips: Australia's Folklore of Fear, page 65: 1.1.1. ‘Look out for snakes,’ said Long Charlie, flourishing his l...
cooee 1. (informal, chiefly Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention.quotations ▼ 1.1. Cooee!I'm over here! 1.1. 1894, Temple Bar, volume 183, page 587: 1.1.1. Then, raising her hands to her lips she utters a long, loud, piercing " Cooee ! " " Coo — ee! " comes back over the black waters. 1.2. 2001, June E. Barker, First Platypus, Gaygar—...
a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush. vb, cooees, cooeeing, cooeed, cooeys, cooeying or cooeyed. ( intr) to utter this call. n.
Cooee definition: (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
