howler

Dictionary: howl·er (hou'lər) pronunciation

One that howls: a dog that is a persistent howler.
A howler monkey.
Slang. A laughably stupid blunder.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a joke that seems extremely funny
Synonyms: belly laugh, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot

Meaning #2: monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
Synonym: howler monkey

Meaning #3: a glaring blunder

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Howler may refer to:

Howler, a roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana.
Howlers, a fictional alien species from the Animorphs setting
Howler, a type of magic object from the Harry Potter series
Howler, the mascot of the Phoenix Coyotes
Howlers, fictional creatures from the Playstation 3 game Resistance: Fall of Man
Howler was the original name of Velociraptor Screech from The Land Before Time (TV series).
Howler, an outrageously poor play in sport as in football (soccer).
Hewlêr, the Kurdish name for the city of Arbil, Iraq
The New World monkeys of the genus Alouatta are commonly called Howlers
Especially in British English, a howler is a mistake so egregious that the person catching it howls with laughter. It is used to refer to a mistake in an examination, in literature, in film or television (also known as a blooper), or in sport (see, footballing mistake).
In telephony, the howler tone is a tone alerting subscribers to the receiver having been left off the hook.
A kind of mathematical fallacy that produces a correct result in spite of incorrect logic

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Translations: Howler

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brøler, bommert, fadæse

Nederlands (Dutch)
grote blunder, huilebalk, brulaap

Français (French)
n. - gaffe, bourde, perle

Deutsch (German)
n. - grober Fehler, (zo.) Brüllaffe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ωρυόμενος, χονδροειδής γκάφα, χοντρό λάθος

Italiano (Italian)
urlatore, errore madornale, strafalcione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - uivador (m)

Русский (Russian)
плакальщик, вопиющая ошибка

Español (Spanish)
n. - plancha, pifia, error garrafal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vrålapa, tabbe, groda, person (sak) som tjuter, grovt fel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
咆哮者, 哭泣的男人, 号哭的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 咆哮者, 哭泣的男人, 號哭的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 짖는 짐승, 곡꾼, 오답

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ほえる人, 泣き叫ぶ人, わめく人, 吠える動物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العواء أو المولول ألخ, العواء قرد أمريكي, غلطه بلهاء أو مضحكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שגיאה מצחיקה, סוג קוף בדרום-אמריקה, אדם או חיה המייללים‬

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