tu-whit tu-whoo

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tu-whit tu-whoo
Noun
  • But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • His grandson toddled over, climbed into his lap, accepted a kiss with a screech of delight, and scooted off again.
    Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For thousands of years, the native people of the Andes have made the inner bark of trumpet trees into a medicinal tea that is useful in fighting infections, shrinking tumors, numbing aches and pains, and strengthening the autoimmune system in general.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
  • Vaughn points out a telltale sign of tree damage: The bark is coming off.
    Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • But their eggs and hatchlings can get crushed by tractors; they’re also being eaten by foxes, crows and sheep.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The occasional caw of a crow, the chickadee-dee-dee of a chickadee, the big song of the little Carolina wren that now stays on our Pennsylvania farm all winter.
    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The two then exchange words, or meows, before Mici decides to head elsewhere.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
  • With 80-plus looks and a Lana Del Rey soundtrack, the rest of the show was the cat’s meow.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Drivers build lives around parking: the work shifts altered to align with the alternate-side-rotation hours, the keys always in the pocket, the Pavlovian alertness at the chirp of an unlocking car.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • From its facial expressions to its distinctive chirp, the creature is wreathed in a kind of nostalgia that Eighties kids will remember from those early days trolling the VHS rack at their local Blockbuster.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The ensuing roar caused Bryson DeChambeau, standing on the 17th green, to reset his pre-shot routine.
    Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • On the drivable par-4 14th, Scheffler caused a roar in the crowd with an excellent tee shot to set up a short eagle putt.
    Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Famous athlete revealed as Fuzzy Peas on Masked Singer while Ken Jeong shocks with Lord Farquaad look on wild Shrek Night With a final dramatic flourish of his cape and a quack, Lucky Duck departed, and it was revealed that Coral would be joining Paparazzo in the final six.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Milla — a young woman who feels disillusioned by doctors that treat her like a recalcitrant child, directing even conversations about her treatment to her father instead of her — finds false security in quacks selling enemas and juice cleanses.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Frontman Bryan Garris let out a mighty pig squeal as guest vocalist Poppy thrashed and screamed across the stage, dressed like an even more macabre girl from The Ring.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Listen for a squeal and know that your prank was a success! 20.
    Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
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