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HOWLER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does howler mean?

• HOWLER (noun)
The noun HOWLER has 3 senses:

1. a joke that seems extremely funny
2. monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
3. a glaring blunder

Familiarity information: HOWLER used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• HOWLER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A joke that seems extremely funny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

thigh-slapper; sidesplitter; wow; howler; belly laugh; scream; riot

Hypernyms ("howler" is a kind of...):

gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

howler monkey; howler

Hypernyms ("howler" is a kind of...):

New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)

Holonyms ("howler" is a member of...):

Alouatta; genus Alouatta (howler monkeys)

Sense 3

howler ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A glaring blunder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("howler" is a kind of...):

bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)

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