Meaning & use
howler
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A glaring and often funny mistake.
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The newspaper printed an embarrassing howler by spelling the mayor's name wrong in the headline.
His essay was full of howlers, like calling the Pacific the largest lake in the world.
A note on using this word
Howler is informal and usually implies the mistake is obvious enough to be laughable rather than serious.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A large monkey of Central and South America known for its loud, roaring call.
At dawn, the howlers' calls echoed through the rainforest canopy.
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