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cooees

cooees is the plural of cooee.

cooees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cooee.

Meaning of cooee

Noun

cooee (plural cooees)

  1. (Australia, informal, onomatopoeic) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
    • Then they heard in the distance the "coo-ee" of a white man, which was instantly answered by another "coo-ee".1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 32, column 1
  2. (Australia, also, figuratively, informal) A short distance; hailing distance.
    • That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent.1996, australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia, volume 207, page 1469

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Questions about cooees

What is cooees the plural of?
Cooees is the plural of cooee.

Words near cooees in the dictionary

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

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