HOWLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does howling mean? 

• HOWLING (noun)
  The noun HOWLING has 1 sense:

1. a long loud emotional utterance

  Familiarity information: HOWLING used as a noun is very rare.

• HOWLING (adjective)
  The adjective HOWLING has 1 sense:

1. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

  Familiarity information: HOWLING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOWLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long loud emotional utterance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

howl; howling; ululation

Context example:

their howling had no effect

Hypernyms ("howling" is a kind of...):

utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)

Derivation:

howl (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)

howl (emit long loud cries)

• HOWLING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

Synonyms:

fantastic; grand; howling; marvellous; marvelous; rattling; terrific; tremendous; wonderful; wondrous

Context example:

a tremendous achievement

Similar:

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

 Context examples 

Then the uproar began again, there was a roaring and howling, and the other half fell down likewise.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

During the service the dog would not come to its master, who was on the seat with us, but kept a few yards off, barking and howling.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And then he awoke to find the howling real.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then he fell, and lay where he fell, howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Then, with a sudden impulse, they all rushed in a howling crowd to the trees for shelter, leaving the ground behind them spotted with their stricken comrades.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You rammucky lurden, she was howling, with a blow between each catch of her breath, you shammocking, yaping, over-long good-for-nought.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His mirth was hoarse and ghastly, like a raven's croak, and the sick wolf joined him, howling lugubriously.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The wind was howling outside, and the rain was beating and splashing against the windows.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As before, the Ghost swung out of the trough, lifting her deck again out of the sea, and dashed before the howling blast.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Next he attempted the tiny front porch, until a howling southeaster drenched the wheel a night-long.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)