howling

be a howling success

To be extremely or triumphantly successful. For having such a limited budget, their play turned out to be a howling success. My business was a howling success in the 1980s and '90s, but the advent of the Internet rendered my services obsolete.

howl in pain

To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling in pain.

howl like a banshee

To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been howling like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop howling like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!

howl out

1. To let out a loud cry, wail, or shout. The child began howling out in pain after the doctor gave him the tetanus shot. The sound of the mob of protestors howling out in anger echoed through the streets of the city.

2. To utter or express something in a long, intense cry or shout. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "howl" and "out." Tom howled out his despair after he came home to find that his wife had left him. The crowd howled their frustrations out after the referee awarded the point to the opposing team.

howl with (something)

To emphatically respond to some stimulus in a particular manner (named after "with"). His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.

howl with laughter

To laugh uproariously. His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter.

howl with pain

To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.

howling drunk

slang Extremely drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really howling drunk.

howling fantods

old-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the howling fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the howling fantods.

screaming fantods

old-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the screaming fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the screaming fantods.

howling success

A tremendous triumph, as in Their first play was a howling success. This colloquial expression employs howling in the sense of "very pronounced" or "glaring," a usage dating from the mid-1800s.

howling (drunk)

mod. alcohol intoxicated; loudly drunk. Willy got howling drunk and ran in the streets with his coat off.

howling

verb

See howling drunk

screaming fantods

and (howling) fantods

n. extreme anxiety; nervous hysteria. (Old. One might call this vintage literary mock colloquial, since it survives in the works of well-known writers and occasional literary use. The origin is unknown, but the Oxford English Dictionary lists Fantad with the same meaning, and cautiously suggests that is related to fantasy and similar words containing fan.) The afternoon’s excitement has left Lady Waddington with a case of the screaming fantods. The reviewer felt that any slang dictionary that excluded “fantods” was defective.

howling fantods

verb

See screaming fantods

See also: fantod, howling

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

be a howling success
howling success
howling drunk
a roaring success
roaring
be a roaring success
howl at
howl at (someone or something)
crack through (something)
howl with (something)

References in periodicals archive

"The dogs who howl when separated from their owners are usually one of the breeds I mentioned who have retained or been selected for howling." Dr.

Why Do Dogs Howl? The answer is still not clear

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Albert Banzon (Balangiga: Howling Wilderness)

Indie films dominate 2018 Famas Awards

Best Original Screenplay - Khavn, Achinette Villlamor, and Jerry Gracio ("Balangiga: Howling Wilderness")

'Balangiga' wins big at 66th FAMAS Awards

During his research in northern Minnesota, Harrington howled at wolves to trigger responses, which is a standard practice in wolf research (he said a fellow researcher who lacked confidence in his howling ability used a siren with similar results).

What's in a Howl? Researchers in Yellowstone are hoping to uncover the meaning behind the haunting sounds of wolves

I had to fill the aloneness, and I practiced howling like a wolf.

Edward Asner

Entwistle got into racing with Berry and later had a string of horses with Howling, the best being Figaro Flyer, who won four races for him.

Ex-owner is jailed

"I joined when there wasn't anything happening with Howling Bells, and I just play guitar in Albert Albert and do a few harmonies," she explains.

Intimate city gig for indie rockers

Howling also beat Glyn Robinson in a close fifth game while Newton beat Howling 11-8 in the fifth.

Cowan's hat-trick sets up good win for Ormesby G; TABLE TENNIS

People howl to wolves, or in response to wolves' howling, but only from afar, and not as a human being howling to a wolf, but as an imposter, a cunning mime.

"Singing comes cheap to those who do not pay for it...."

Washington, Aug 23 ( ANI ): When a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships, a new study suggests.

Why wolves howl

Broadcast stimuli used to elicit canid vocal responses include sirens (Wenger & Cringan 1978, Pyrah 1984), human-simulated howling (Okoniewski & Chambers 1984, Fuller & Sampson 1988) and recordings of species-specific vocalizations (Lehner 1982, Mitchell et al.

Factors affecting the elicitation of vocal responses from coyotes Canis latrans

The howling from our sections about how diverse they are seemed to give life to Shakespeare's dicta about "protesting too much."

Diversity

After the howling sequence, I then wait four to five minutes and glass.

Making fur fly! Expert tips to bring home more fur

ANDREW TAIT, Jesmond, Newcastle THE HOWLING WIND The Howling Wind So prim and proper Snapping branches And creeping into doorways I keep my head down as I Walk And think of festive hats and Crackers beside wine and cakes It could have been snow Or ice that rolled the wheely Bin down the street and blew My hat off but no it was the Howling Wind that has no mercy And dances with papers like Michael Jackson and disco girls While seagulls glide and roll And curl and cry Then by chance its all calm And quiet like graveyard Dreams then the Howling Wind returns for a second Rave and blows me up the Hill so I can buy salad and Soup and bread.

READERS' POEMS

Yesterday, Nichola and Steve Grinham were given the go-ahead by civic bosses to continue to keep 16 Siberian huskies in enclosures at their home in Redford, Hamsterley Forest, County Durham, despite locals complaining of howling.

Pair win in huskie row; Neighbours upset with "howling"

词组	howling
释义	howling be a howling success To be extremely or triumphantly successful. For having such a limited budget, their play turned out to be a howling success. My business was a howling success in the 1980s and '90s, but the advent of the Internet rendered my services obsolete. See also: howling, success howl in pain To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling in pain. See also: howl, pain howl like a banshee To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been howling like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop howling like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think! See also: banshee, howl, like howl out 1. To let out a loud cry, wail, or shout. The child began howling out in pain after the doctor gave him the tetanus shot. The sound of the mob of protestors howling out in anger echoed through the streets of the city. 2. To utter or express something in a long, intense cry or shout. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "howl" and "out." Tom howled out his despair after he came home to find that his wife had left him. The crowd howled their frustrations out after the referee awarded the point to the opposing team. See also: howl, out howl with (something) To emphatically respond to some stimulus in a particular manner (named after "with"). His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain. See also: howl howl with laughter To laugh uproariously. His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter. See also: howl, laughter howl with pain To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain. See also: howl, pain howling drunk slang Extremely drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really howling drunk. See also: drunk, howling howling fantods old-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the howling fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the howling fantods. See also: fantod, howling screaming fantods old-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the screaming fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the screaming fantods. See also: fantod, scream Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. howling success A tremendous triumph, as in Their first play was a howling success. This colloquial expression employs howling in the sense of "very pronounced" or "glaring," a usage dating from the mid-1800s. See also: howling, success The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. howling (drunk) mod. alcohol intoxicated; loudly drunk. Willy got howling drunk and ran in the streets with his coat off. See also: drunk, howling howling verb See howling drunk screaming fantods and (howling) fantods n. extreme anxiety; nervous hysteria. (Old. One might call this vintage literary mock colloquial, since it survives in the works of well-known writers and occasional literary use. The origin is unknown, but the Oxford English Dictionary lists Fantad with the same meaning, and cautiously suggests that is related to fantasy and similar words containing fan.) The afternoon’s excitement has left Lady Waddington with a case of the screaming fantods. The reviewer felt that any slang dictionary that excluded “fantods” was defective. See also: fantod, scream howling fantods verb See screaming fantods See also: fantod, howling McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: be a howling success howling success howling drunk a roaring success roaring be a roaring success howl at howl at (someone or something) crack through (something) howl with (something) References in periodicals archive "The dogs who howl when separated from their owners are usually one of the breeds I mentioned who have retained or been selected for howling." Dr. Why Do Dogs Howl? The answer is still not clear Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Albert Banzon (Balangiga: Howling Wilderness) Indie films dominate 2018 Famas Awards Best Original Screenplay - Khavn, Achinette Villlamor, and Jerry Gracio ("Balangiga: Howling Wilderness") 'Balangiga' wins big at 66th FAMAS Awards During his research in northern Minnesota, Harrington howled at wolves to trigger responses, which is a standard practice in wolf research (he said a fellow researcher who lacked confidence in his howling ability used a siren with similar results). What's in a Howl? Researchers in Yellowstone are hoping to uncover the meaning behind the haunting sounds of wolves I had to fill the aloneness, and I practiced howling like a wolf. Edward Asner Entwistle got into racing with Berry and later had a string of horses with Howling, the best being Figaro Flyer, who won four races for him. Ex-owner is jailed "I joined when there wasn't anything happening with Howling Bells, and I just play guitar in Albert Albert and do a few harmonies," she explains. Intimate city gig for indie rockers Howling also beat Glyn Robinson in a close fifth game while Newton beat Howling 11-8 in the fifth. Cowan's hat-trick sets up good win for Ormesby G; TABLE TENNIS People howl to wolves, or in response to wolves' howling, but only from afar, and not as a human being howling to a wolf, but as an imposter, a cunning mime. "Singing comes cheap to those who do not pay for it...." Washington, Aug 23 ( ANI ): When a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships, a new study suggests. Why wolves howl Broadcast stimuli used to elicit canid vocal responses include sirens (Wenger & Cringan 1978, Pyrah 1984), human-simulated howling (Okoniewski & Chambers 1984, Fuller & Sampson 1988) and recordings of species-specific vocalizations (Lehner 1982, Mitchell et al. Factors affecting the elicitation of vocal responses from coyotes Canis latrans The howling from our sections about how diverse they are seemed to give life to Shakespeare's dicta about "protesting too much." Diversity After the howling sequence, I then wait four to five minutes and glass. Making fur fly! Expert tips to bring home more fur ANDREW TAIT, Jesmond, Newcastle THE HOWLING WIND The Howling Wind So prim and proper Snapping branches And creeping into doorways I keep my head down as I Walk And think of festive hats and Crackers beside wine and cakes It could have been snow Or ice that rolled the wheely Bin down the street and blew My hat off but no it was the Howling Wind that has no mercy And dances with papers like Michael Jackson and disco girls While seagulls glide and roll And curl and cry Then by chance its all calm And quiet like graveyard Dreams then the Howling Wind returns for a second Rave and blows me up the Hill so I can buy salad and Soup and bread. READERS' POEMS Yesterday, Nichola and Steve Grinham were given the go-ahead by civic bosses to continue to keep 16 Siberian huskies in enclosures at their home in Redford, Hamsterley Forest, County Durham, despite locals complaining of howling. Pair win in huskie row; Neighbours upset with "howling"
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