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That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
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(historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
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(slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
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(slang) A hilarious joke.
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(slang) A bitterly cold day.
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(psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
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(sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
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(slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
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(slang) A tremendous lie; a whopper.
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(slang, dated) A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
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(historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
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(slang) A small child.