cooee
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i noun
1.
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
verb (used without object)
2.
to utter the call “cooee.”
Origin:
1780–90; < Dharuk gu-wī
1780–90; < Dharuk gu-wī
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cooee or cooey (ˈkuːiː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —interj | |
| 1. | 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, cooeyed | |
| 2. | (intr) to utter this call |
| —n | |
| 3. | informal (Austral), (NZ) calling distance (esp in the phrase within (a) cooee (of)) |
| [C19: from a native Australian language] | |
| cooey or cooey | |
| —interj | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from a native Australian language] | |
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