Meanings
nounhard-on (plural hard-ons)
plural hard-ons · alternative hardon · alternative hard on
- figurativelyslangvulgarA desirous arousal based on a fascination or obsession.
... and corporations duke it out with the kind of military tactics and apparatus that would give anybody who appreciates the Navy SEALs a hard-on.
2012 August 27, Wayne Alan Brenner, “Capitalism, Weaponized: Sun Tzu Gets Cyberpunk’d”, The Austin Chronicle, section Daily Chronolog
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek στῦμα
- στῦμα (stûma)erection of the penis
Bulgarian ерекция, надървяне
- ерекция (erekcija)erection of the penis
- надървяне (nadărvjane)erection of the penis
Catalan trempera
- tremperaerection of the penis
Chinese Mandarin 勃起, 硬
- 勃起 (bóqǐ)erection of the penis
- 硬 (yìng)erection of the penis
Finnish seisokki, stondis
- seisokkierection of the penis
- stondiserection of the penis
French gaule, trique
- gauleerection of the penis
- triqueerection of the penis
German Ständer, Latte
- Ständererection of the penis
- Latteerection of the penis
Indonesian ngaceng
- ngacengerection of the penis
Irish adharc
- adharcerection of the penis
Japanese 勃起
- 勃起 (bokki)erection of the penis
Latin rigida
- rigidaerection of the penis
Norwegian stå, ståpikk
- ståerection of the penis
- ståpikkerection of the penis
Portuguese pau duro, pau feito
- pau duroerection of the penis
- pau feitoerection of the penis
- tesãoerection of the penis
Russian стоя́к
- стоя́к (stoják)erection of the penis
Spanish tieso, empalmado
- tiesoerection of the penis
- empalmadoerection of the penis
- erecciónerection of the penis
Swedish stånd
- stånderection of the penis
Welsh codiad
- codiaderection of the penis
Cite this entry
APA
hard-on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-on
MLA
“hard-on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-on. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard-on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-on.
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