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owling

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a?.l??/

Etymology 1

From owl +? -ing.

Noun

owling (uncountable)

  1. Birding, specifically to catch owls.
  2. (historical) The smuggling of sheep or wool out of England.
  3. (Internet slang) A variation on planking in which a person is photographed or filmed squatting down in an unusual location.
Related terms
  • owler

Etymology 2

From owl +? -ling.

Noun

owling (plural owlings)

  1. A small, juvenile, or baby owl; owlet.
    • 1940, Canadian Forestry Association, Forest and outdoors - Volume 36 - Page 344:
      Owls are extra hungry then, there being a batch of Greatlings or Hornlings or Owlings or whatever Great Horned Owl babies are called sitting on the edge of a nest waiting on Pa and Ma Owl to bring home the bacon.
    • 1985, Romanian Review, Volume 39, Issues 6-12, Page 22:
      Eumeus, who was sitting on the stairs, pointed to the roof of the stable. Perched on its top, huddled together, three owlings were ogling them.
    • 1994, Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants, Different drummer magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 22:
      But the spotted owl isn't at the top of the food chain. Instead, the larger great horned owl will eat spotted owls, owlings, or eggs whenever it can.

Anagrams

  • glowin', lowing

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howlet

English

Alternative forms

  • houlet

Etymology

Equivalent to owlet, influenced by howl. Compare French hulotte and Old High German hwela, hiuwela.

Noun

howlet (plural howlets)

  1. An owl; an owlet.
    • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XVIII:
      Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.

References

  • howlet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • thowel

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