cooee

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coo⋅ee

[koo-ee]

noun, verb, coo⋅eed, coo⋅ee⋅ing.

–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

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