Cooee

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

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (Australia, informal, with "within", also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.
2. (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.
3. (informal, chiefly Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention.

Example Sentences

We were carless, in the dark, and no one to help within cooee.

That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent.

Slipping out of the tail of the dray, I cooeed as loud as I could which was answered.

Then they heard in the distance the "coo-ee" of a white man, which was instantly answered by another "coo-ee".

Word Forms

• cooees
• cooey
• coo-ee
• cooeeing
• cooeed

Related Words

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