cooey
Outback attention call
Cooey is a call used to attract attention, especially over a distance, similar to "yoo-hoo." The spelling varies—coo-ee, cooee—and the call originated in Australia as a way to signal across bush country.
Cooey! Anyone there?
The word can also function as a verb: She cooeyed from the back door.
shout
Loud vocal outburst
echo · halloo · hoot · bellow · vocalize · summon · beckon · alert · hail · greeting
outback
Remote interior wilderness
- bushlandUncultivated native vegetation area
- kookaburraAustralian kingfisher with laughing call
- kangarooPouched Australian leaper
wallaby · dingo · emu · billabong · wombat · echidna · platypus · swagman · bushranger · stockman