Associations to the word «Howler»

Wiktionary

HOWLER, noun. That which howls, especially an animal which howls, such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
HOWLER, noun. A person hired to howl at a funeral
HOWLER, noun. A painfully obvious mistake.
HOWLER, noun. A hilarious joke.
HOWLER, noun. A bitterly cold day
HOWLER, noun. A heavy fall, literally or figuratively
HOWLER, noun. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler, e.g. "Our hansom came a howler"; compare: come a cropper)
HOWLER, noun. A tremendous lie
HOWLER, noun. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell"
HOWLER, noun. A calamity howler is "one that makes dismal predictions of impending disaster"
HOWLER MONKEY, noun. A loud Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta.
HOWLER MONKEYS, noun. Plural of howler monkey

Dictionary definition

HOWLER, noun. A joke that seems extremely funny.
HOWLER, noun. Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry.
HOWLER, noun. A glaring blunder.

Wise words

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John Locke