cooees
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- Cooee! (IPA /ku:'i:/) is a shout used in Australia, usually in the Bush, to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly - loudly and shrilly - a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance.
- (cooee) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush; To make such a call; Used to attract someone's attention
- (Cooee) Definition: Communication method in the bush, when someone is a short distance from you but you can’t see them. Example: "CCOOOOOOOO-EEEEEEEEEE!" Said as loud as possible with your hands cupped around your mouth.
- (cooee) something you shout out in the bush to get someone's attention, 'not within cooee of here' means not in hearing distance ie a long way away
- (Cooee) call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush
- (Coo-ee) what old ladies (over 20) would call out instead of ringing a door bell.
- (Coo-ee) Bush call which travels over a long distance; used now as a general call of attention and greeting.
- (Cooee) A bush yell for when you are lost
- (cooee) To make a call of "cooee", originally used by Aborigines, but adopted by white settlers as well. Used especially to communicate over long distances in the bush. From the Daruk word guwi.