Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cooee
Participle: cooeed
Gerund: cooeeing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cooee |
| you | cooee |
| he;she;it | cooees |
| we | cooee |
| you | cooee |
| they | cooee |
Perfect
| I | have cooeed |
| you | have cooeed |
| he;she;it | has cooeed |
| we | have cooeed |
| you | have cooeed |
| they | have cooeed |
Past
| I | cooeed |
| you | cooeed |
| he;she;it | cooeed |
| we | cooeed |
| you | cooeed |
| they | cooeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cooeed |
| you | had cooeed |
| he;she;it | had cooeed |
| we | had cooeed |
| you | had cooeed |
| they | had cooeed |
Future
| I | will cooee |
| you | will cooee |
| he;she;it | will cooee |
| we | will cooee |
| you | will cooee |
| they | will cooee |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cooee |
| you | cooee |
| he;she;it | cooee |
| we | cooee |
| you | cooee |
| they | cooee |
Perfect
| I | have cooeed |
| you | have cooeed |
| he;she;it | have cooeed |
| we | have cooeed |
| you | have cooeed |
| they | have cooeed |
Imperfect
| I | cooeed |
| you | cooeed |
| he;she;it | cooeed |
| we | cooeed |
| you | cooeed |
| they | cooeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cooeed |
| you | had cooeed |
| he;she;it | had cooeed |
| we | had cooeed |
| you | had cooeed |
| they | had cooeed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cooee |
| you | would cooee |
| he;she;it | would cooee |
| we | would cooee |
| you | would cooee |
| they | would cooee |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | cooee |
| we | Let's cooee |
| you | cooee |
Verbs conjugated like 'cooee'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cooee'
cooey,
coole,
boose,
booze,
choke,
choose,
chope,
chore,
cloke,
clome,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug guuu-wi, adopted into English by white settlers in Australia from 1790.
Sample Sentences
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‘Look out for snakes,’ said Long Charlie, flourishing his lantern. ‘And don′t all of us be coo-eeing all the time, or when the little chap sings out we shan't be able to hear him.’ [2001, Robert Holden, Nicholas Holden, Bunyips: Australia's Folklore of Fear, page 65:]
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Slipping out of the tail of the dray, I cooeed as loud as I could which was answered. [2003, Les Hughes, A Young Australian Pioneer: Henry Mundy, page 225:]
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2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 310,
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I cooeed back. Another cooee came in what seemed to be a reply. I cooeed again.