owl
IPA: ˈaʊɫ
noun
- Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
- (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
- An owl pigeon.
- (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.
- (soccer, slang) A player or fan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
- Initialism of Older Women's League.
- (computer languages) Initialism of Web Ontology Language. (The order of the letters is discussed at Web Ontology Language § Acronym.) [(computing, Internet) A formal language (or family of languages) used to draw inferences from a large data set, especially from the Semantic Web]
verb
- (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.
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Examples of "owl" in Sentences
- Whether you sleep tight or play night owl is up to you
- Whether you sleep tight or make like a night owl is up to you
- The cutter I used to make the owl is an Epilog Zing, which goes for around $8000.
- "Yes the owl is also one of our sacred creatures, the great healer, quiet and humble."
- An owl flying over them locks in the message: The word owl búho was slang for prostitute.
- The owl is an embodiment of her father, Zeus, and he tells her that the time is not yet here.
- Hell, I told myself, if it leaves out Bubo, the mechanical owl from the original, then it already would be ahead of the game.
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