-coo-

{ , n. [ Of imitative origin. ] 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 (k&oomacr_;"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato ē. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. [Written also cooie.]

Within cooey, within earshot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ }, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing. ] To call out cooee. [ Australia ]

I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. E. Giles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. [ pr. Participle of verb coo (definition 2) ] emitting a cry like that of a dove; as, The cooing pigeons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To prepare food for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Etymol. unknown. ] To throw. [ Prov.Eng. ] “Cook me that ball.” Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cooked p. pr & vb. n. Cooking. ] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cōc, fr. L. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pe`ptein, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin. ] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Of imitative origin. ] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599). [ 1913 Webster ]