HOWLER

howler

(noun) a glaring blunder

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

howler (plural howlers)

That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.

(historical) A person hired to howl at a funeral.

(slang) A painfully obvious mistake.

(slang) A hilarious joke.

(slang) A bitterly cold day.

(psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.

Coordinate term: hunter

(sometimes, figurative) A heavy fall.

(slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).

(slang) A tremendous lie; a whopper.

(slang, dated) A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".

(historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.

Anagrams

• Wohler, wholer

Source: Wiktionary

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Howl"er, n.

1. One who howls.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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