Associations to the word «Cooee»
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Wiktionary
COOEE, noun. (Australia) (informal) (onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
COOEE, noun. (Australia) (informal) (with "within") (also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.
COOEE, verb. (intransitive) (Australia) (informal) To make such a call.
COOEE, interjection. (informal) (chiefly Australia) (UK) Used to attract someone's attention.
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.