Synonyms for boner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : boh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊ nər

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Définition of boner

Origin : "blunder," 1912, baseball slang, probably from bonehead. Meaning "erect penis" is 1950s, from earlier bone-on (1940s), probably a variation (with connecting notion of "hardness") of hard-on (1893).

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Example sentences :

Joe realized that Mr. Boner was speaking to him—was speaking with great feeling.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

June and inventory and Mr. Boner seemed to him to be cut from the same piece.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

Boner was to the Queen what the Dominican Deza was to her husband.
Extract from : « House of Torment » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

"The Wallacks find it too much trouble to fell the trees," says Mr Boner.
Extract from : « Round About the Carpathians » by Andrew F. Crosse

Suddenly Mr. Boner turned to the inner corner of the desk, started to speak, strangled, and with difficulty recovered himself.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

He heard his name called, and turning, saw Mr. Boner standing at the corner of the partition looking at him over his spectacles.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

Joe rose to his feet, obeying the monosyllabic summons, and followed Mr. Boner around the partition.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

And he was Mr. Boner's successor—that is, if he hit the ball and worked hard enough to deserve it.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

The young man, pure and fastidious himself, immediately realised that Boner was not vicious in the ordinary meaning of the word.
Extract from : « House of Torment » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Mr. Boner shoved two sheets of yellow paper across the desk toward him.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

Antonyms for boner

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