Cooee

·add. ·vi To call out cooee.

II. Cooee ·noun A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.

III. Cooee ·add. ·noun 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/"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato /. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used.