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Definition of Cooey
1. n. A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
2. n. 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&oomac;"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato ē. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used.
3. v. i. To call out cooee.
Definition of Cooey
1. Interjection. (alternative spelling of cooee) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of cooee) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cooey
1. to cooee [v -EYED, -EYING, -EYS] - See also: cooee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooey
Literary usage of Cooey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Now to be 'within cooey'of Sydney is to be at the distance of an easy journey
therefrom. ... 80 : "Just to camp within a cooey of the -Shanty for the night. ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1903)
"Of the death of cooey-na- <iall, the following ... The Annalists record under
the year 1376 :—" cooey O'Kane, ... Dermott had twelve sons : cooey, ..."
3. Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes (1913)
"All right, sir," says cooey, touching his hat, with a leer and a wink at his
comrades. " Hullo tho'," says East, pulling up, and taking another look at Tom, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1893)
"At the time that I was in Sydney, Mr. HJ M'cooey, a Fellow of the New South ...
Mr. M'cooey instantly despatched the reptile, and on dissecting her killed ..."
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