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How to pronounce howler in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms belly laugh, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow
Type of gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh
Derivation howl
Type Words
Synonyms howler monkey
Type of new world monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
Derivation howl
Type Words
Type of pratfall, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup

Examples of howler

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The podcast team reflect on Robert Green's howler as England draw 1-1 with USA.
From the guardian.co.uk
Seems like another example of Santander making another customer service howler.
From the guardian.co.uk
He is another howler voice in the chorus of the Angry Left, the Halitotic Left.
From the edition.cnn.com
Al Habsi's howler to let a 38th-minute Silva shot through his legs was bad enough.
From the people.co.uk
We listened to howler monkeys rustling in the trees and calling to each other.
From the chron.com
Specifically, Beatrice is a donkey and Virgil, a howler monkey seated on her back.
From the denverpost.com
You've probably seen it already, but here's Rob Earnshaw's utter howler once again.
From the web.orange.co.uk
Just before sunrise, howler monkeys launch into a chorus of howls, roars and barks.
From the sciencedaily.com
Howler monkeys, smaller than their mainland cousins, bounded in the branches above.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Belly laugh: a joke that seems extremely funny
  • Howler monkey: monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
  • A glaring blunder
  • Howlers or Crayak's Children, are the alien shock troops of the nearly-omnipotent Crayak, in the sci-fi book series Animorphs.
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the howler is an outsider from planes dominated by evil forces, e.g... the lower planes. It resembles a furless monkey crossed with a sickly dog, and has a vaguely human-like face. It is grey in color, with the slightest hints of violet. ...
  • This is a list of current and former National Hockey League mascots, sorted alphabetically.
  • The Howler is a family roller coaster at Holiday World themed around the park's Holidog character, which replaced the older Firecracker roller coaster. This ride features a single six-car train which carries 12 riders as it negotiates hills and a 360-degree helix in its oval-shaped course. ...
  • Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.
  • The Howler is an episode from R.L. Stine's The Nightmare Room. This episode was first aired on September 29, 2001 on Kids WB. This is the third episode of the season (13 episodes in total).