cooee
[ koo-ee ]
/ ˈku i /
noun
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), coo·eed, coo·ee·ing.
to utter the call “cooee.”
Origin of cooee
First recorded in 1780–90,
cooee is from the Dharuk word
gu-wī
Words nearby cooee
Example sentences from the Web for cooee
British Dictionary definitions for cooee
cooee
cooey
/ (ˈkuːiː) /
interjection
a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush
verb cooees, cooeeing, cooeed, cooeys, cooeying or cooeyed
(intr)
to utter this call
noun
Australian and NZ informal
calling distance (esp in the phrase within (a) cooee (of))
Word Origin for cooee
C19: from a native Australian language