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night owl
A night owl, evening person or simply owl, is a person who tends to stay up until late at night, or the early hours of the morning. Night owls who are involuntarily unable to fall asleep for several hours after a normal time may have delayed sleep phase disorder. Owls, like this one in Poland, are often nocturnal. Night owl The opposite of a lark is a night owl, someone who usually stays up late and may feel most awake in the evening.
A person who prefers to be awake late at night. In my younger days, I was quite a night owl and would often stay up until sunrise.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
night owl
Fig. someone who stays up at night; someone who works at night. My roommate is a night owl and usually reads until 5:00A.M.A few night owls stayed at the café all night long.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
a night owl
If you call someone a night owl, you mean that they regularly stay up late at night. Night owls can even order a 3am steak at the 24-hour Horizons Court Hotel.Joe is a night owl whereas I'm more of an early bird.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
a ˈnight owl
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(informal) somebody who feels more lively at night and usually goes to bed very late: She’s a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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