cooee
exclamation /ˈkuːiː/
/ˈkuːiː/
(British English, old-fashioned, informal)Idioms - used as a way of attracting somebody’s attentionWord Originlate 18th cent.: imitative of a signal used by Australian Aboriginals and copied by settlers.
Idioms
within cooee (of)
- (Australian English, New Zealand English) not far (from)
- There's loads of cheap accommodation within cooee of the airport.