noun
cooee
Cooee (noun) means a long, loud shout used to get someone's attention from far off, especially in the Australian countryside.
noun
1
A long, loud shout used to get someone's attention from far off, especially in the Australian countryside.
"I call out, “Coo-ee” with long Coo and short ee like whip-bird call. Everybody in my mob know my cooee. Any one of my mob hear that, they give me cooee back. I listen. No cooee come back."
— Andrew Parkin, A Thing Apart (2002)
2
(Australian, informal) A distance close enough for a shout to be heard.
"We were carless, in the dark, and no one to help within cooee."
— Tony Shillitoe, Joy Ride (1999)
"That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent."
— australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia (1996)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug guuu-wi, taken into English by white settlers in Australia from 1790.
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What is the meaning of cooee?
"cooee" (noun) means a long, loud shout used to get someone's attention from far off, especially in the Australian countryside.
What are the different meanings of cooee?
"cooee" has 2 main meanings: 1. A long, loud shout used to get someone's attention from far off, especially in the Australian countryside; 2. (Australian, informal) A distance close enough for a shout to be heard.
