Cooey /(?)/

1. 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 (ko͡o"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato ē. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used.

imp. & p. p. Cooeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying

1. To call out cooee. [Australia]

   I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach.