Definitions for howlers

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howlers howl·er

Spelling: [hou-ler]

IPA: /ˈhaʊ lər/

Howlers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in howlers (ehlorsw).

Definitions for howlers

noun

1. a person, animal, or thing that howls.
2. 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.
3. a mistake, especially an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter; a very humorous mistake or a funny blunder.
4. Informal. something that makes a piercing and often prolonged noise, as an alarm.

Origin of howlers

First recorded in 1790-1800; howl + -er¹

Examples for howlers

The "howler" is much prized by the Indians as an article of food.

The operator noticed that the connection was open and put on the howler.

His portrait of Izzy Yanay, a partner in the highly regarded Hudson Valley Foie Gras, is a howler.

He sat down and took up the last number of the howler which lay on the table.

But once in a long while there'll be a howler, and that's what the barometer is trying to tell us now.

Like howler he can go a surprising length of time without food and still retain his strength.

You've no idea, Dick, what a howler and piler this storm is.

He called Scraggs on the howler and explained the situation.

But when winter comes, howler and his friends get together and hunt in packs.

He is the “howler” and “the Ruddy One”, and rides a wild boar.