howler Definition
howler (-ər)
noun
- a person or thing that howls
- howler monkey
- Chiefly Brit., Informal a ludicrous blunder
howler Usage Examples
Converse of object
- commit: Running down the battery, losing or locking in keys and filling up with the wrong fuel are among the howlers committed by drivers.
- make: He can be brilliant at times, but he also makes too many howlers.
- have: I couldn't work this out, since although we had the odd howler, they were pretty rare.
- contain: James Cracknell's fashion piece in the Telegraph contains a howler about which airport is next to Milan's regatta course.
- produce: Still, the most commercialized society in the world cannot help but produce a few howlers.
- include: They also include several sorts of fun including howlers along the same lines as those you can see on this site.
Adjective modifier
- defensive: Then, just three minutes into the contest, came the first defensive howler.
- real: At the other end of the scale we developed a real howler of a scenario where the nurse made every mistake in the book.
- few: Still, the most commercialized society in the world cannot help but produce a few howlers.
- other: Of other howlers, Fields mentioned applicants ' not doing an initial search to see if their idea has been patented already.
- scientific: It starts with a scientific howler, has rules with neither rhyme nor reason.
- late: A LATE howler from Steve Wilson once again highlighted Lynn's problems between the posts as Folkestone claimed a stoppage time equalizer.
Modifies a noun
monkey: We saw a howler monkey on the island which can be reached from the bridge.
Noun used with modifier
- schoolboy: He accused the sub-committee of committing a " schoolboy howler " in its presentation of the evidence.
- translation: Then head on over to our translation howlers page for some amusing examples of what can happen when amateurs are let loose.
- on-screen: Do you have one on-screen howler that springs to mind?

