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night owl [ nahyt -oul ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈnaɪt ˌaʊl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Informal .
a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
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Origin of night owl First recorded in 1585–95
Words nearby night owl nightmarish ,
night monkey ,
night-night ,
night nurse ,
night office ,
night owl ,
night person ,
night raven ,
nightrider ,
night robe ,
nights
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rounder ,
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sport ,
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How to use night owl in a sentence Early risers or super-late night owl s, be sure to check out the crescent moon over Mercury before dawn in the east.
Students who are night owl s or take evening classes should make sure the academic planner they like covers the full spectrum of their class schedule and study time.
Gabe, 25, a night owl , had just pulled salmon from the oven, while 15-year-old Chani was fresh out of the shower.
If you’re a night owl and you partner up with a lark, how you sleep together might be a source of conflict if you stay wed to the idea that you must go to bed and wake-up at the same time as each other.
People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.
Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.
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British Dictionary definitions for night owl
noun
informal a person who is or prefers to be up and about late at night
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Other Idioms and Phrases with night owl
A person who habitually stays up late and is active at night, as in You can call her after midnight, for she's a night owl . This colloquial term, originally used in the late 1500s for an owl that is active at night, was transferred to nocturnal human beings in the mid-1800s.
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