howlers

noun

1. That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.

2. A person hired to howl at a funeral.

3. A painfully obvious mistake.

4. A hilarious joke.

5. A bitterly cold day.

6. A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.

7. (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.

8. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).

9. A tremendous lie; a whopper.

10. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".

11. A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.