单词 | howler |
释义 | howler[ hou-ler ] / ˈhaʊ lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR howler ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person, animal, or thing that howls. 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. a mistake, especially an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter; a very humorous mistake or a funny blunder. Informal. something that makes a piercing and often prolonged noise, as an alarm. Origin of howlerFirst recorded in 1790–1800; howl + -er1 Words nearby howlerhowitzer, howk, howl, Howland Island, howl down, howler, howlet, howling, howling success, Howlin' Wolf, howlround Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for howlerBritish Dictionary definitions for howlerhowler / (ˈhaʊlə) / nounAlso called: howler monkey any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry informal a glaring mistake British (formerly) a device that produces a loud tone in a telephone receiver to attract attention when the receiver is incorrectly replaced a person or thing that howls Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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