howler
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈhaʊlər/
- Informal
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chiste desternillante
- That joke was a real howler, and everyone couldn't stop laughing.
Examples
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What a howler.
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Go back and look at the Daily Howler archives tracking how they treated Gore in 1999-2000, for example.
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A real howler in July, yes?
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That sure is a howler!
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The article also includes howlers like this:
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A real howler.
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Were they howlers?
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I think he saw everybody else on the Republican side spouting their wet dreams as realistic, fact-based analysis, so he thought he too was entitled to get in on the thigh-rubbing fun (to lift one of Howler's trademark phrases).
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During the comedy show, he told a howler that had the entire audience in stitches.
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Her story about the prank was such a howler that I laughed so hard I cried.
Synonyms
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4.9
A very funny person, story, or situation that makes people laugh
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6.3
A very funny person or thing that makes people laugh
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6.8
A very funny joke that makes people laugh loudly
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8.1
A very funny story or joke that makes people laugh a lot
A joke or mistake that makes people laugh a lot
A very funny joke or story that makes people laugh a lot
A very funny joke that makes many people laugh
Compounds
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3.8
A large monkey from Central and South American forests that makes very loud calls
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Howler for a very funny joke comes from the verb howl ('to cry out loudly'), as in people 'howl with laughter', so a howler is something that makes people laugh out loud.