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Meaning of howling

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  howling
      adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
             intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
             was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
             collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
             about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
             {fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
             {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous},
             {wonderful}, {wondrous}]
      n 1: a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain";
           "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn:
           {howl}, {howling}, {ululation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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