Associations to the word «Howler»

Wiktionary

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

HOWLER, noun. A person hired to howl at a funeral

HOWLER, noun. A painfully obvious mistake.

HOWLER, noun. A hilarious joke.

HOWLER, noun. A bitterly cold day

HOWLER, noun. A heavy fall, literally or figuratively

HOWLER, noun. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler, e.g. "Our hansom came a howler"; compare: come a cropper)

HOWLER, noun. A tremendous lie

HOWLER, noun. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell"

HOWLER, noun. A calamity howler is "one that makes dismal predictions of impending disaster"

HOWLER MONKEY, noun. A loud Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta.

HOWLER MONKEYS, noun. Plural of howler monkey

HOWLER, noun. A joke that seems extremely funny.

HOWLER, noun. Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry.

HOWLER, noun. A glaring blunder.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Leo Tolstoy