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cooeeing

cooeeing is the present participle and gerund of cooee.

Meaning of cooee

Verb

cooee (third-person singular simple present cooees, present participle cooeeing, simple past and past participle cooeed)

  1. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To make such a call.
    • ‘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.’2001, Robert Holden, Nicholas Holden, Bunyips: Australia's Folklore of Fear, page 65

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Questions about cooeeing

What is cooeeing the present participle and gerund of?
Cooeeing is the present participle and gerund of cooee.

Words near cooeeing in the dictionary

  1. Coody
  2. Coodys
  3. cooed
  4. cooee
  5. cooeed
  6. cooeeing
  7. cooees
  8. cooer
  9. cooers
  10. cooeth
  11. cooey

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