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tu-whit
▪ I. tu-whit, v. (tuːˈhwɪt) [See next.] intr. To hoot as an owl.1902 A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Dec. 99 He heard the owls towhitting and towhooing from the wood.▪ II. tu-whit, tu-whoo, int. (n.) (tuːˈhwɪt tuːˈhwuː) Also 6–9 to-, too-, -who, -hoo; 9 towhoo towhoo; etc. [Imitative.] An imitation of the ca...
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Grand Howl
Baden-Powell describes how the Brownies should begin in a squatting position, in the same way as the Cub equivalent, but repeating "Tu-whit, tu-whit, Tu-whoo-oo
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twit
▪ I. twit, n.1 (twɪt) Also 6 twyte. [f. twit v.] 1. a. An act of twitting; a (light) censure or reproach; a taunt.1528 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. App. xvii. 38 Which bookes the sayd Frear dyd litle regard, and made a twyte of it. 1664 G. Etherege Love in Tub v. v, Upon Condition that there be no...
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Ella Farman
(1882)
Nursery Primer (1882)
Rosabell's Adventure (1883)
Christmas Snowflakes (1883)
Yule Tide (1884)
Polly Himself (1886)
The Cooking Club of Tu-Whit
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White-bellied seedsnipe
Vocalization
The white-bellied seedsnipe's flight calls are "an excited-sounding 'tu-whit tu-whit' or 'too-ee too-ee...', given continually."
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staring
▪ I. staring, vbl. n. (ˈstɛərɪŋ) [-ing1.] The action of the verb stare; gazing fixedly with eyes wide open, standing up (of hair), etc.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 472/2 Starynge, brode lokynge, patentacio oculorum. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 13 They songe and daunsed full merely, With swerynge, and starynge h...
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Tawny owl
William Shakespeare used this owl's song in Love's Labour's Lost (Act 5, Scene 2) as "Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note
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