howl·er

(hou′lər)

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)

1. (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. (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

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howl•er

(ˈhaʊ lər)

n.

1. one that howls.

2. Also called howl′er mon`key. any large tropical American monkey of the genus Alouatta, the males of which make a howling noise.

3. a mistake, esp. an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter.

[1790–1800]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

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.

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Translations

غَلْطَةٌ شَنيعَه

botanesmysl

brøler

grober Schnitzer Stilblüte

bourde perle

baklövésszarvashiba

afglöp; kjánaleg mistök

strafalcione

aptalca yanlışlık

大笑话愚蠢的错误

howler

[ˈhaʊləʳ] N → falta f garrafal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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)

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howler

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

howl

(haul) verb

1. to make a long, loud cry. The wolves howled; He howled with pain; We howled with laughter.

2. (of wind) to make a similar sound. The wind howled through the trees.

noun

such a cry. a howl of pain; howls of laughter.

ˈhowler noun

a mistake so bad as to be funny. an exam paper full of howlers.