howler (redirected from Howlers)

howl·er  (houlr)

n.

1. One that howls: a dog that is a persistent howler.

2. A howler monkey.

3. Slang A laughably stupid blunder.

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howler [ˈhaʊlə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called howler monkey any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry

2. Informal a glaring mistake

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Brit (formerly) a device that produces a loud tone in a telephone receiver to attract attention when the receiver is incorrectly replaced

4. a person or thing that howls

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	howler - a joke that seems extremely funny     sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
	2.	howler - monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry howler monkey New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails Alouatta, genus Alouatta - howler monkeys
	3.	howler - a glaring blunder blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

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howler

noun (Informal) mistake, error, blunder, boob (Brit. slang), bloomer (Brit. informal), clanger (informal), malapropism, schoolboy howler, booboo (informal) I felt as if I had made an outrageous howler.

Translations

howler [ˈhaʊləʳ] N → falta f garrafal

howler [ˈhaʊlə^r] n → gaffe f, bourde f

howler

n (Brit inf) → Hammer m (inf), → Schnitzer m (inf); he made a real howler → da hat er sich (dat) → einen Hammer geleistet (inf); stylistic howler → Stilblüte f (hum)

howler [ˈhaʊləʳ] n (fam) → abbaglio; (in homework) → strafalcione m