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"text": "2001, June E. Barker, First Platypus, Gaygar—The Little Mother Duck, in Helen F. McKay (editor), Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, June E. Barker, Gadi Mirrabooka: Australian Aboriginal Tales from the Dreaming, page 58,\nGaygar could hear her people cooee out to her, \"COOEE, GAYGAR! COOEE, GAYGAR!\" they would cry."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to attract someone's attention."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, chiefly Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ko͞o'(w)ē"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkuːʷiː/"
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 cooee.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/EN-AU_ck1_cooee.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_cooee.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/EN-AU_ck1_cooee.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːiː"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"word": "ahoy!"
},
{
"word": "hey!"
},
{
"tags": [
"impolite"
],
"word": "oi!"
},
{
"word": "yoohoo!"
},
{
"word": "hey"
},
{
"word": "cooey"
},
{
"word": "coo-ee"
}
],
"word": "cooee"
}
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