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1.NounThat which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
2.NounA person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
3.NounA painfully obvious mistake.
4.NounA hilarious joke.
5.NounA bitterly cold day.
6.NounA person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
7.NounA heavy fall.
8.NounA serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper)."Our hansom came a howler."
9.NounA tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
10.NounA fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
11.NounA 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
12.NounA small child.