howlernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhaʊ.lər/us/ˈhaʊ.lɚ/a stupid and obvious mistake, especially in something that someone says or writes:
I called her by the name of his first wife, which was a bit of a howler.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- mistaken
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