howler
That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkeyThat which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
» Leonid heard a howler monkey in the distance.
Meaning
12 sensesThat which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
(historical)A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
(slang)A painfully obvious mistake.
вопиющая ошибкаvopijuščaja ošibka
(slang)A hilarious joke.
a joke that seems extremely funny
(slang)A bitterly cold day.
A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
(figuratively, sometimes)A heavy fall.
(slang)A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
Our hansom came a howler.
(slang)A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
(dated, slang)A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
(historical)A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
(slang)A small child.
Examples
2 sentencesLeonid heard a howler monkey in the distance.
Howler monkeys mainly eat leaves.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howlingFrom howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10)
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Forms
plural: howlersSynonyms
7 synonyms- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry:howler monkey
- a joke that seems extremely funny:belly laughsidesplitterthigh-slapperscreamwowriot