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cooee
[ koo-ee ]
noun
- a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia and adopted by the settlers in the country.
verb (used without object)
- to utter the call 鈥渃ooee.鈥
cooee
/ 藞办耻藧颈藧 /
interjection
- a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush
verb
- intr to utter this call
noun
- informal.calling distance (esp in the phrase within ( a ) cooee ( of ))
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cooee1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cooee1
Example Sentences
For some years now, there鈥檚 been a strange generational blurring, where kids can鈥檛 even go to rock festivals without their parents shouting 鈥渃ooee!鈥 from the next yurt.
Australia鈥檚 cute country towns 鈥 many within cooee of the city 鈥 are the battlegrounds.
The former Newcastle caretaker manager, now shouting "Cooee" and waving his hand so vigorously at Venky's it may fall off, gets the full treatment from Rodgers for doubting Joe Allen.
We all yelled in response, a variety of yells, from "Tally Ho" to "Cooee," as, like Bedlam let loose, we rushed to the discoverer.
Now, I'll stay here," she said, "in the shade of the trees, while you go round and round; and if you don't find her here, go right over the ridge and cooee every few seconds.
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