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cooee
cooee (ˈkuːiː) or cooeyinterja call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bushvb, cooees, cooeeing, cooeed, cooeys, cooeying or cooeyed (intr) to utter this callninformal Austral and NZ calling distance (esp in the phrase within (a) cooee (of))[C19: from a native Australian language]cooee
Past participle: cooeed
Gerund: cooeeing
| Present |
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| I cooee | | you cooee | | he/she/it cooees | | we cooee | | you cooee | | they cooee |
| Preterite |
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| I cooeed | | you cooeed | | he/she/it cooeed | | we cooeed | | you cooeed | | they cooeed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am cooeeing | | you are cooeeing | | he/she/it is cooeeing | | we are cooeeing | | you are cooeeing | | they are cooeeing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have cooeed | | you have cooeed | | he/she/it has cooeed | | we have cooeed | | you have cooeed | | they have cooeed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was cooeeing | | you were cooeeing | | he/she/it was cooeeing | | we were cooeeing | | you were cooeeing | | they were cooeeing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had cooeed | | you had cooeed | | he/she/it had cooeed | | we had cooeed | | you had cooeed | | they had cooeed |
| Future |
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| I will cooee | | you will cooee | | he/she/it will cooee | | we will cooee | | you will cooee | | they will cooee |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have cooeed | | you will have cooeed | | he/she/it will have cooeed | | we will have cooeed | | you will have cooeed | | they will have cooeed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be cooeeing | | you will be cooeeing | | he/she/it will be cooeeing | | we will be cooeeing | | you will be cooeeing | | they will be cooeeing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been cooeeing | | you have been cooeeing | | he/she/it has been cooeeing | | we have been cooeeing | | you have been cooeeing | | they have been cooeeing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been cooeeing | | you will have been cooeeing | | he/she/it will have been cooeeing | | we will have been cooeeing | | you will have been cooeeing | | they will have been cooeeing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been cooeeing | | you had been cooeeing | | he/she/it had been cooeeing | | we had been cooeeing | | you had been cooeeing | | they had been cooeeing |
| Conditional |
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| I would cooee | | you would cooee | | he/she/it would cooee | | we would cooee | | you would cooee | | they would cooee |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have cooeed | | you would have cooeed | | he/she/it would have cooeed | | we would have cooeed | | you would have cooeed | | they would have cooeed |
Translationscooee
within cooee of (something)Very close to something, either literally or figuratively. "Cooee" is an Aboriginal word. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. There's a store within cooee of the house, so I can easily go and get more milk. The team came within cooee of the championship title, but lost the match in the final moments.See also: cooee, of, withinwithin cooee of within reach of; near to. Cooee originated as an Aboriginal word used as a shout to attract attention, and was adopted by European settlers in Australia. The literal meaning of the phrase within cooee of is ‘within hailing distance of’.See also: cooee, of, withinwithin ˈcooee (of) (AustralE, New Zealand) not far (from): There’s loads of cheap accommodation within cooee of the airport. ♢ (figurative) The government is not within cooee of reaching the growth targets. Cooee is a noise a person makes as a way of attracting somebody’s attention.See also: cooee, within |