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Substantiivi

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