cooee

interjection

1. (informal, chiefly Australia, Britain) Used to attract someone's attention.

- Cooee! I'm over here!

noun

1. (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.

2. (Australia, informal, with "within", also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.

verb

1. (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.