cooee

Definitions

1. A town in Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
2. A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
   Australia, informal, onomatopoeic
3. A short distance; hailing distance.
   Australia, also, figuratively, informal

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Examples

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

“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.”

“2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 309, Just as I was preparing to write⟳ in my exercise book, I heard a cooee. Cooees were not part of the code.”

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

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

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