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howling

[ hou-ling ]

adjective

  1. producing or uttering a howling noise:

    a howling mob.

  2. desolate, dismal, or dreary:

    a howling wilderness.

  3. Informal. very great; tremendous:

    a howling success.



howling

/ ˈʊɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    prenominal (intensifier)

    a howling error

    a howling success

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǷɱԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ǷɱiԲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of howling1

1250–1300; Middle English houlinge (gerund); howl, -ing 2
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And the howling headwinds of the Trump presidency.

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"You read a lot of scripts that are trying to be funny, and they don't make you laugh but I was howling with laughter at this one," he said.

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When it's windy, we can hear the howling.

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Carlos Aguilar’s dog woke him up when the wind was howling outside.

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The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.

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