Found 1 items, similar to cooey.
English → English (gcide) 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.]