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HOWLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
Synonyms:
howler; howler monkey
Classified under:
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)
Derivation:
howl (cry loudly, as of animals)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A joke that seems extremely funny
Synonyms:
belly laugh; howler; riot; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("howler" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
Derivation:
howl (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)
