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Meanings of night owl in English

Portuguese
noctâmbulo

A person who likes to be active late at night.

noctâmbulo
Russian
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Spanish
noctambulo

A person who tends to stay up until late at night.

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Synonyms
Examples for "nighthawk"
Examples for "nighthawk"
1
The flight of the nighthawk is free and graceful in the extreme.
Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred a...
2
Clearly it came through the still air-theeerie hoot of a nighthawk.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
3
A nighthawk, wheeling overhead through the rain, sent down her discordant cry.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
4
Through all the turmoil the nighthawk slept peacefully in the shade of a sage-clump.
The Settling of the Sage
5
The black bat and the darting nighthawk were a-wing, grim spectres of the dusk.
The Long Ago
1
Down to the Florida country, where he would set his nightbird free.
Speaks the Nightbird
2
Matthew heard the nightbird, whose soft song may have reawakened this memory.
Speaks the Nightbird
3
No rustle came from the trees, no insect buzz or nightbird call.
Shadow and Bone
4
A sheep-bell on the moor made a noise like a nightbird.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
5
But... every man hears a nightbird... of some form or fashion.
Speaks the Nightbird

A person who likes to stay up until late at night.

Usage of night owl in English
1
But this isn't what frustrates her most about being a night owl.
The Guardian
2
Maybe Dr. Lezander was a night owl because he feared the darkness.
Boy’s Life
3
She's also a night owl and I decided to give her a call.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
4
Oh, along at first I missed being a night owl-thetunes, the jollity.
In Cold Blood
5
Supposing, night owl that I was, that I had seen something!
Look Back on Happiness
6
I knew I had to make some serious changes to my night owl habits.
News.com.au
7
He means " night owl," Jane thought, but decided not to correct him.
In the Dark
8
Unless you're a night owl, best to set that alarm.
The South African
9
We usually disperse here by ten on weeknights, and I'm quite the night owl.
The Beast Within
10
Another thing that used to frighten him was the hooting of the night owl.
Kari the Elephant
11
Could he be right about the milk-hating night owl, too?
Boy’s Life
12
Journal.ie Are you an early bird or a night owl?
The Irish Times
13
But this beach life has spoiled me and indulges my natural night owl tendencies.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
14
She'd heard he was a notorious night owl, sleeping little.
The charlemagne pursuit
15
A night owl hooted in Tessibel's ear as she ran.
Tess of the Storm Country
16
Owing to a particular night owl named Ashton McCaggers, you were brought promptly to me.
Mister Slaughter
Translations for night owl
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