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What is the difference between oi and cooee?

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Cooee is a synonym of oi.



As interjections the difference between oi and cooee

is that oi is said to get someone's attention; hey while cooee is Used to attract someone's attention.

As nouns the difference between oi and cooee

is that oi is a working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism while cooee is a long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.

As a pronoun Oi

is eye dialect of I|lang=en.

As a verb cooee is

to make such a call.

oi

English

Alternative forms

* oy

Interjection

(en-interj)?
  • Said to get someone's attention; hey.
  • Oi , you with the red hat – stop doing that!
  • A protest or reprimand.
  • Oi ! Stop that!
  • An expression of surprise.
  • Oi ! This is new!
  • An informal greeting, similar to hi.
  • Oi ! How's it going?

    Usage notes

    *Coincidentally same as ; a false cognate.

    Synonyms

    * hey, yo

    Derived terms

    * oi oi

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, sometimes, capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
  • * 1997 , David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture
  • A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    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