Meanings
boney1
adjectiveboney (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)
comparative bonier · superlative boniest
- alternativeAlternative spelling of bony.
Slowly, the handle on the only door to his room began to turn. We all knew that the room on the other side was empty – except for the newly purchased skeleton! As the handle turned we heard boney, scrapey sounds. I could feel the hair begin to stand on my head and the back of my neck.
2005, Robert Douglas, “Scared Stiff on a Saturday Night”, in Night Song of the Last Tram: A Glasgow Memoir, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 141
Boney2
Boney3
proper noun
- slangNapoleon Bonaparte.
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APA
boney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney
MLA
“boney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney.
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