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 cooey
 喂!澳洲土人的尖銳招呼聲

 Coo·ey, Coo·ee, n.  A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged (kōō"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato ē. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. [Written also cooie.]
 Within cooey, within earshot.

 Coo·ey, Coo·ee , v. i.  [imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing.] To call out cooee. [Australia]
    I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach.    --E. Giles.
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