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Cooee vs Cooed - What's the difference?

cooee | cooed |

As verbs the difference between cooee and cooed

is that cooee is (intransitive|australia|informal) to make such a call while cooed is (coo).

As a noun cooee

is (australia|informal|onomatopoeia) a long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the australian bush.

As an interjection cooee

is (informal|chiefly|australia|uk).

cooee

English

Alternative forms

* cooey * coo-ee

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
  • * 2002 , Andrew Parkin, A Thing Apart , page 195,
    • I call out, “Coo-ee” with long Coo and short ee like whip-bird call. Everybody in my mob know my cooee'. Any one of my mob hear that, they give me ' cooee back.
    I listen.
    No cooee come back.
  • * 2006 , Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002'', in Drusilla Modjeska, ''The Best Australian Essays 2006 , page 309,
    • Just as I was preparing to write in my exercise book, I heard a cooee'. ' Cooees were not part of the code.
  • A short distance; hailing distance.
  • * 1996 , , Parliamentary Debates Australia , Volume 207, page 1469,
    • That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent.
  • * 1999 , Tony Shillitoe, Joy Ride , page 136,
    • We were carless, in the dark, and no one to help within cooee .

    Verb

    (d)
  • (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.
  • * 2001 , Robert Holden, Nicholas Holden, Bunyips: Australia's Folklore of Fear , page 65,
    • ‘Look out for snakes,’ said Long Charlie, flourishing his lantern. ‘And don?t all of us be coo-eeing all the time, or when the little chap sings out we shan't be able to hear him.’
  • * 2003 , Les Hughes, A Young Australian Pioneer: Henry Mundy , page 225,
    • Slipping out of the tail of the dray, I cooeed as loud as I could which was answered.
  • * 2006 , Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002'', in Drusilla Modjeska, ''The Best Australian Essays 2006 , page 310,
    • I cooeed' back. Another cooee came in what seemed to be a reply. I ' cooeed again.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (informal, chiefly, Australia, UK)
    • Cooee! I'm over here!
  • * 1894 , Temple Bar , Volume 183, page 587,
    • Then, raising her hands to her lips she utters a long, loud, piercing " Cooee ! "
    " Coo — ee ! " comes back over the black waters.
  • * 2001 , June E. Barker, First Platypus, Gaygar—The Little Mother Duck'', in Helen F. McKay (editor), Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, June E. Barker, ''Gadi Mirrabooka: Australian Aboriginal Tales from the Dreaming , page 58,
    • Gaygar could hear her people cooee out to her, "COOEE', GAYGAR! ' COOEE , GAYGAR!" they would cry.

    Synonyms

    * ahoy! (nautical) * hey! * oi! (impolite) * yoohoo!

    References

    cooed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (coo)

    • coo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Of onomatopoetic/imitative origin.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
  • * 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
    • As Norah Jones coos sweet nothings on the soundtrack, the happy couple—played by Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler—canoodle through a Manhattan montage, making pasta for two, swimming through a pile of autumn leaves, and horsing around at a fruit stand.
  • To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.
  • * 2013 , Nicola Cornick, One Night with the Laird (page 206)
    • They were too busy cooing over the baby and his parents were too busy cooing over each other.
    Derived terms
    * cooer * cooingly
    Related terms
    * bill and coo

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of cool. Compare foo.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) cool

    • Etymology 3

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expression of fright, surprise, approval, etc.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=I stood outside the door for a space, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would”, as Jeeves tells me cats do in adages, then turned the handle softly, pushed – also softly – and, carrying on into the interior, found myself confronted by a girl in housemaid's costume who put a hand to her throat like somebody in a play and leaped several inches in the direction of the ceiling. “Coo'!” she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath. “You gave me a start, sir!” [...] “If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.” “' Coo ! So he is.”}}
  • * 1988 , Sean Kelly, Professional BMX Simulator'' (video game review in ''Your Sinclair , issue 35, November 1988)
    • The last track on each of the three sections is a professional course, where you can customise your bike by changing the tyres and the size of chainwheel. Coo !
  • * 1989 , Competitions'' (in ''Sinclair User , issue 92, November 1989)
    • We want you to come up with a side splitting caption for a picture drawn by the fair hand of those at System 3. If you turn out to be the Funniest "Person", we'll give you a big wopping model of a dinosaur. Coo .
  • * 1990 , Crash readers' awards ceremony'' (in ''Crash , issue 75, April 1990)
    • Mark: 'Coo', I've only had four gallons of extra caffeine coffee today so I'm not my usual talking-to-PR-girlies-for-hours-on-end self. But bear with me a mo while I get myself together (audience waits for an age while he searches through his coat for the golden envelope). Here it is! ' Coo , and the winner is The New Zealand Story.'

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