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Definitions for Howler

[1] a person, animal, or thing that howls.
[2] Also called howler monkey. any large, prehensile-tailed tropical American monkey of the genus Alouatta, the males of which make a howling noise: some species are endangered.
[3] a mistake, especially an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter; a very humorous mistake or a funny blunder.
[4] Informal . something that makes a piercing and often prolonged noise, as an alarm.
[5] Also called: howler monkey any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry
[6] informal a glaring mistake
[7] British (formerly) a device that produces a loud tone in a telephone receiver to attract attention when the receiver is incorrectly replaced
[8] a person or thing that howls

Words related to Howler

deception, defect, exaggeration, blunder, lapse, misstep, mistake, goof, fault, indiscretion, blooper, inaccuracy, error, gaffe, oversight, flaw, omission, miscue, glitch, misunderstanding

Words nearby Howler

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Origin of Howler

First recorded in 1790–1800; howl + -er1

Synonyms for Howler

blunder, deception, defect, exaggeration, corrigendum, erratum, fault, imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness, miscalculation, mistake, slip, solecism, typo, unfaithfulness, unreliability, wrong