howler

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: howl=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

howler, n. 

•  One who howls.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

howler, n.
1 colloq. a glaring mistake.
2 a S. American monkey of the genus Alouatta.
3 a person or animal that howls.

THESAURUS

howler

Irish bull, belly laugh, bloomer, blooper, blue story, blunder, bobble, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob stunt, boot, clanger, clinker, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, dumb trick, error, ethnic joke, fool mistake, foozle, foul-up, fun, funny story, gaffe, gag, good one, good story, goof, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, laugh, louse-up, malapropism, mistake, muck-up, panic, play, point, pratfall, rib tickler, riot, scream, screamer, screw-up, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, sport, story, visual joke, wheeze, wow, yarn