English
Noun
cooley (plural cooleys)
- Alternative spelling of coulee
1883, George O. Shields, Hunting in the Great West: (Rustlings in the Rockies), page 156:This at last brought me to the cooley or ravine that I so longed to reach.
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from French courir.
Verb
cooley
- to run, hurry