hoot owl
English edit
Noun edit
- Synonym of barred owl
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hoot, owl. (any owl that hoots)
- b. 1955, traditional (lyrics and music), “Swannanoa Town”, in North Carolina Ballads, performed by Artus Moser:
- When you hear the hoot owls hollowing
Sign of rain, baby, sign of rain