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

Noun

Informal a glaring mistake

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) barry or Barry Crocker Austral. (slang)

Translations

howler [ˈhauləʳ] n → plancha, falta garrafal

howler [ˈhauləʳ] n → gaffe f, bourde f

howler [ˈhauləʳ] howl (inf) n (mistake) → Schnitzer m

howler [ˈhauləʳ] n → marronata