Boner

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbəʊ.nÉ™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ˈboÊŠ.nÉš/
• Rhymes: -əʊnÉ™(r)

Origin

from bone + -er

Full definition of boner

Noun

1. (literally) One who or that which bones (removes bones).
2. (dated, baseball, slang) A blunder; a bad mistake; a silly or stupid mistake. from early 20th c.He really pulled a boner that time!
3. (slang) An erect penis. from mid-20th c.
• 1973, Sol Gordon, Facts about sex for today's youth, Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on."
4. Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?

Synonyms

• (slang, erect penis) erection, hard-on, stiffySee
• (mistake) blooper, blunder

Related terms

• bone head
• boney
• boning knife
• boneration

Anagrams

• borne