howler

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?