cooey

American  

[koo-ee] / ˈku i /

noun

plural

cooeys, cooeyed, cooeying

1. cooee.

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Example Sentences

It was getting toward midnight when he returned, to cooey under the boy’s window.

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.

A "cooey" is, as its name implies, a call having the sound its orthography indicates; with a prolonged dwelling upon the first syllable, and a sharp determined utterance in its termination.

From Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin

"And I cooeying till I could cooey no more!"

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.

At length, having gone some distance, they heard a faint cooey in reply to theirs.

From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by Kingston, William Henry Giles

After going on some way, I again heard the shout followed by a cooey which I was sure, however, was not uttered by him.

From Adventures in Australia by Kingston, William Henry Giles