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howler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun howler has 3 senses
- howler(n = noun.communication) belly laugh, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow - a joke that seems extremely funny; Array is a kind of gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh
- howler(n = noun.animal) howler monkey - monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry; Array is a kind of new world monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
- howler(n = noun.act) Array - a glaring blunder; Array is a kind of bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
Derived form verb howl4
is a member of alouatta, genus alouatta
Derived form verb howl2
CIDE DICTIONARY
howler, n.
- One who howls. [1913 Webster]
- Any South American monkey of the genus
Mycetes . Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
howler, n.
1 colloq. a glaring mistake.
2 a S. American monkey of the genus Alouatta.
3 a person or animal that howls.
1 colloq. a glaring mistake.
2 a S. American monkey of the genus Alouatta.
3 a person or animal that howls.
THESAURUS
howler
Irish bull, belly laugh, bloomer, blooper, blue story, blunder, bobble, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob stunt, boot, clanger, clinker, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, dumb trick, error, ethnic joke, fool mistake, foozle, foul-up, fun, funny story, gaffe, gag, good one, good story, goof, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, laugh, louse-up, malapropism, mistake, muck-up, panic, play, point, pratfall, rib tickler, riot, scream, screamer, screw-up, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, sport, story, visual joke, wheeze, wow, yarn
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