“Seems like I heard a whippoorwill callinʼ, and I thought to myself, Go on away from here, weʼll whip ole Will when we find him.”
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Whippoorwill
/ˈʍɪp.ɚˌwɪl/
Synonyms for "whippoorwill" (6 found)
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2 entriesEastern whippoorwillbird call
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6 entriesEastern whippoorwillbreeding habitatmigratory birdnightjar familynocturnal insectivorewhippoorwill call
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The bird sang his whippoorwills all night.
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From across the road a bird sang 'Whippoorwill, whippoorwill!'
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Somewhere in the darkness a few cold-sounding frogs lamented the lost summer, and the bird which the Chippewa called muck-a-wiss sang whippoorwill.
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