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boner

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See also: Boner and böner

English

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Etymology

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From bone +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boner (plural boners)

  1. (vulgar, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]
    • 1973, Sol Gordon, Facts about sex for today's youth[1], →ISBN, page 20:
      Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on."
    Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?
    1. (vulgar, slang, figurative) An often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.
      Why do politicians have such a boner for meaningless memorials?
  2. One who or that which removes bones.
  3. (dated slang, especially baseball) A blunder; a silly mistake. [from early 20th c.]
    He really pulled a boner that time!
  4. (humorous) A trombonist

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Translations

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References

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋˀɐ]

Noun

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boner c

  1. indefinite plural of bon

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈb̥oːnɐ]

Verb

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boner

  1. present tense of bone

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋɐ]

Verb

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boner

  1. present tense of bone