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Definition: Cooey
Cooey
\Coo"ey\, Cooee
\Coo"ee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Cooeyed or
Cooeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooeying or
Cooeeing.]
To call out cooee. [Australia]
I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. --E. Giles.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cooey
\Coo"ey\, Cooee
\Coo"ee\, n. [Of imitative origin.]
A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call
to attract attention, and also in common use among the
Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable
is much prolonged (k[=oo]"-) and the second ends in a shrill,
staccato [=e]. To represent the sound itself the spelling
cooee is generally used. [Written also
cooie.]
Within cooey, within earshot.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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