howler

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

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