Noun: howler haw-lu(r)
- [informal] A glaring blunder
"The textbook contained a howler about the date of World War II"
- A joke that seems extremely funny
"The comedian's last joke was a real howler";
- belly laugh, sidesplitter [informal], thigh-slapper, scream [informal], wow, riot [informal]
- Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
"The howler monkey's calls can be heard for miles through the jungle";
- howler monkey
Derived forms: howlers
Type of: bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], botch, bungle, flub [N. Amer, informal], foul-up [informal], gag, goof [informal], jape, jest, joke, laugh, New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, pratfall [informal]
Part of: Alouatta, genus Alouatta
Encyclopedia: Howler