Meanings
boner1
plural boners
- slangvulgarAn erect penis.First known use mid-20th c.
Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?
1 more example
Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on."
1973, Sol Gordon, Facts about sex for today's youth, →ISBN, page 20- figurativelyslangvulgarAn often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.
Why do politicians have such a boner for meaningless memorials?
- One who or that which removes bones.
Synonyms: deboner
- datedespeciallyslangball gamesA blunder; a silly mistake.First known use early 20th c.
He really pulled a boner that time!
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SO! THEY LAUGH AT MY BONER, WILL THEY?! I'LL SHOW THEM! I'LL SHOW THEM HOW MANY BONERS THE JOKER CAN MAKE!
1951 August 28, Bill Finger, “The Joker's Comedy of Errors!”, in Batman, volume 1, number 66, Burbank, California: DC Comics, panel 1, page 5 - humorousA trombonist
Boner2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who or that which removes bones.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan embarrassing mistake
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*bainaz
- Proto-Germanic*bainą
- Proto-West Germanic*bain
- Old Englishbān
- Middle Englishbon
- Englishbone
- Englishboner
Translations
Arabic اِنْتِصَاب
- اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb)erect penis
Bulgarian гаф
- гаф (gaf)blunder; silly or stupid mistake
Catalan trempera
- tremperaerect penis
Chinese Mandarin 勃起
- 勃起 (bóqǐ)erect penis
Danish udbener, boner
- udbenerwho bones
- bonererect penis
- stiverterect penis
- stådrengerect penis
- Fuld masterect penis
- stiv pikerect penis
Dutch ontbener, blunder
- ontbenerwho bones
- blunderblunder; silly or stupid mistake
- stijveerect penis
Finnish moka, töppäys
- mokablunder; silly or stupid mistake
- töppäysblunder; silly or stupid mistake
- seisokkierect penis
- stondiserect penis
- heijarierect penis
French connerie, gaule
- connerieblunder; silly or stupid mistake
- gauleerect penis
- triqueerect penis
German Ständer, Latte
- Ständererect penis
- Latteerect penis
Greek καύλα, σηκωμάρα
- καύλα (kávla)erect penis
- σηκωμάρα (sikomára)erect penis
Hebrew זִקְפָּה
- זִקְפָּה (zikpá)erect penis
Indonesian ngaceng, konak
- ngacengerect penis
- konakerect penis
Irish adharc
- adharcerect penis
Italian erezione, durello
- erezioneerect penis
- durelloerect penis
Japanese 勃起
- 勃起 (bokki)erect penis
Korean 발기
- 발기 (balgi)erect penis
Norwegian ståpikk
- ståpikkerect penis
Polish gafa, kościej
- gafablunder; silly or stupid mistake
- kościejerect penis
Portuguese pau duro, tesão
- pau duroerect penis
- tesãoerect penis
Romanian erecție
- erecțieerect penis
Russian стоя́к
- стоя́к (stoják)erect penis
Spanish metida de pata, cagada
- metida de patablunder; silly or stupid mistake
- cagadablunder; silly or stupid mistake
- pifiablunder; silly or stupid mistake
- erecciónerect penis
- tiesoerect penis
- empalmeerect penis
Ukrainian стоя́к
- стоя́к (stoják)erect penis
Welsh codiad, min
- codiaderect penis
- minerect penis
- cwnnaderect penis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with boner
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
boner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boner
“boner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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