Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cry tu-whoo: said of owls. Also
too-whoo . - noun Same as
tu-whit . Alsotu-who and too-whoo.
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"Tu-whoo, tu-whoo, we're all the King's owls too," said the owls.
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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"Tu-whoo, tu-whoo!" said the Owl, ruffling out its feathers.
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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"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
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And golden-eyed _tu-whit, tu-whoo_ of owls that ogle London.
Modern British Poetry Louis Untermeyer 1931
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And golden-eyed tu-whit, tu-whoo of owls that ogle London.
Barrel-Organ 1920
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