Associations to the word «Howler»
Noun
Adjective
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
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.