Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cry tu-whoo: said of owls. Also too-whoo.
  • noun Same as tu-whit. Also tu-who and too-whoo.

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Examples

  • A night-owl with glowing eyes flew three times round her, and screeched three times ‘tu-whit, tu-whit, tu-whoo.’

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

  • Then I glimpsed it again, against the sky at the corner of the tower and at the same moment heard a faint tu-whoo.

    To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000

  • Then I glimpsed it again, against the sky at the corner of the tower and at the same moment heard a faint tu-whoo.

    To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000

  • Then I glimpsed it again, against the sky at the corner of the tower and at the same moment heard a faint tu-whoo.

    To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000

  • Then I glimpsed it again, against the sky at the corner of the tower and at the same moment heard a faint tu-whoo.

    To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000

  • "Tu-whoo, tu-whoo, we're all the King's owls too," said the owls.

    The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953

  • "Tu-whoo, tu-whoo!" said the Owl, ruffling out its feathers.

    The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953

  • "Tu-whit, tu-whoo! tu-whit, tu-whoo!" and laughed so loudly that all the wood-elves began to laugh also; so did the birds and the frogs, and even the flowers.

    Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

  • And golden-eyed _tu-whit, tu-whoo_ of owls that ogle London.

    Modern British Poetry Louis Untermeyer 1931

  • And golden-eyed tu-whit, tu-whoo of owls that ogle London.

    Barrel-Organ 1920

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