tu-whit tu-whoo

noun

Definition of tu-whit tu-whoonext
as in screech

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  1. screech
  2. bark
  3. crow
  4. meow
  5. chirp
  6. roar
  7. quack
  8. squeal
Noun
  • For two decades, the most frightening sound in the north was the screech of brakes preceding a bomb being thrown through the doors of a dance hall or pub.
    Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Phill Simon and his family were sleeping in their Glen Park home when the screech of tornado alerts going off on their phones woke them up.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of screech
Noun
  • As the last of the peppermint bark cannoli were devoured and the party wound down, my wife and I walked out to see Michigan Central Station and its surrounding Roosevelt Park all lit up in white.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Since azaleas are acid soil-loving plants, pine needles, aged pine bark, or leaf mold are ideal mulches.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of bark
Noun
  • That said, these crows aren’t the only smart members of the Corvidae family.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of crow
Noun
  • But cat owners know that a real cat’s meow can sometimes be anything but.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of meow
Noun
  • The honey hunters themselves interact with honeyguide birds the same way, following their chirps to the hives.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Mating calls: Male crickets chirp to attract females.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
Definition of chirp
Noun
  • Jackson ran onto the stage — and later took her final bows — to roars of applause.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Moreover, as the ramp winched open, the pilots would have experienced a sudden drop in temperature and heard a deafening roar above the whine of the Skyvan’s engines.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of roar
Noun
  • The nomination to any responsible position of quacks like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo would put her to that test.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Her favorite recording reminded me of a duck’s quack.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of quack
Noun
  • Barrymore squeals in disgust after reaching into her pocket and pulling out a sandwich.
    Shyla Watson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of squeal
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