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Definition of "howler" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "howler" in a sentence
  • "These decisions would not be conscious; if they were, then the monkeys would be known as howler sociobiologists."
  • "They were considerably larger than any we had seen; indeed, the howler is the largest monkey in the New World."
  • "I have no idea why they are called howler monkeys because I have never heard them howl."