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boner

noun
/ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)/UK/ˈboʊ.nɚ/US

Etymology

From bone + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. suffixed as boner — “bone + er”

Definitions

  1. An erect penis.

    • 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?

  2. One who or that which removes bones.

  3. A blunder

    A blunder; a silly mistake.

    • He really pulled a boner that time!
    • SO! THEY LAUGH AT MY BONER, WILL THEY?? I'LL SHOW THEM! I'LL SHOW THEM HOW MANY BONERS THE JOKER CAN MAKE!
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A trombonist

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

bonerific, bonerism, boneritis, boner-killer, boner pill, boner-shrinker, euphoria boner, hate-boner, ladyboner, perma-boner, permaboner, rage boner, semiboner

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boner. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA