COOEE

cooee (plural cooees)

(Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.

(Australia, informal, with "within", also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.

cooee (third-person singular simple present cooees, present participle cooeeing, simple past and past participle cooeed)

(intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.

cooee

(informal, chiefly, Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention.

• ahoy! (nautical), hey!, oi! (impolite), yoohoo!; see also hey

Source: Wiktionary

Coo"ey, Coo"ee, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]

Definition: A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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