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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