NOUN | communication | howler, belly laugh, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot | a joke that seems extremely funny |
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animal | howler, howler monkey | monkey of tropical South American forests / forests having a loud howling cry | |
act | howler | a glaring blunder |
Sounds | hhaw'ler | |
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Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... |
Meaning | A joke that seems extremely funny. | |
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Synonyms | belly laugh, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot | |
Broader | joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
Verbs | howl | laugh unrestrainedly and heartily |
Meaning | monkey of tropical South American forests / forests having a loud howling cry. | |
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Synonym | howler monkey | |
Member of | Alouatta, genus Alouatta | howler monkeys |
Broader | New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian | hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails |
Spanish | araguato, carayá, manechi, mono aullador, olingo, saraguate, saraguato | |
Verbs | howl | cry loudly, as of animals |
Meaning | A glaring blunder. | |
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Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
Spanish | error garrafal |
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