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Definition of cooee

Cooee
Cooey Coo"ey, Cooee Coo"ee, n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged (k[=oo]"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato [=e]. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. Within cooey, within earshot.
cooee
Cooey Coo"ey, Cooee Coo"ee, n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged (k[=oo]"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato [=e]. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. Within cooey, within earshot.
Cooee
Cooey Coo"ey, Cooee Coo"ee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing.] To call out cooee. [Australia] I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. --E. Giles.
Cooee
Cooey Coo"ey, Cooee Coo"ee, n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

Meaning of cooee from wikipedia

- Cooee! (/ˈkuːiː/) is a shout that originated in Australia to attract attention, find missing people, or to indicate one's own location. When done correctly—loudly...
- Cooee Mountain may refer to: Cooee Mountain (Queensland) in the Gl**** House Mountains Cooee Mountain (New South Wales) in the Moonbi Ranges This disambiguation...
- Cooee Bay is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cooee Bay had a po****tion of 942 people. Cooee Bay...
- census, Cooee had a po****tion of 559. The Burnie GP Super Clinic is located in Cooee as well as a pharmacy and North West Pathology. Cooee Cr**** Post...
- Cooee and the Echo is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. In northern Queensland, a young miner is determined...
- between former TFL Statewide League club Burnie Hawks (formerly known as Cooee) and NTFL club the Burnie Tigers. After several years of bitter hatred in...
- Tibrogargan (364 metres (1,194 ft)) and Mount Cooee (106 metres (348 ft)) are composed of alkali rhyolite. Mount Cooee has caves and there are the remains of...
- Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1875. It is also known as Allandoon and Cooee. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Moody's...
- said as Gun Gun 253 m Mount Tibberoowuc****, 220 m Mount Tibrogargan and Cooee, 364 m and 177 m Mount Tunbubudla or the Twins, 338 m and 294 m Wild Horse...
- Aboriginal language spoken in the Sydney region. Cooee has also become a notional distance: if he's within cooee, we'll spot him. Yakka means work, strenuous...