boner

noun

Definition of bonernext
1
as in scream

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2
as in boob

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boner
  1. scream
  2. boob
  3. howler
  4. blunder
  5. riot
  6. fumble
  7. laugh
  8. inaccuracy
Noun
  • Suddenly, a woman is yanked through a mirror — a moment punctuated by the funniest shriek this side of the Wilhem scream — and the plot is pulled into the ’80s: a critical framing shift that’s never once made explicit.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of scream
Noun
  • Their hair was big and blond, their boobs were bigger.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • After hobbling to the stage and spewing out that boob from her head to the horror of a crowd calling for her execution, her body detonates, unleashing a tsunami of blood that took two weeks to shoot.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of boob
Noun
  • Hubble the resident howler was impressed & showed her the ropes.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Body Count’s cover appears on their eighth studio album, Merciless, which features collaborations with death metal howler Corpsegrinder, Light the Torch singer Howard Jones and Soulfly vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of howler
Noun
  • Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder—that’s how cancers often start—but only in recent years has technology been sensitive enough to catalog every genetic booboo.
    Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.
    Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of blunder
Noun
  • Notably, in 2021, Biden appeared on the show during the first 100 days of his administration, discussing the Covid pandemic and the still-fresh Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The first was related to Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results — including his actions leading up to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and the second case addressed his handling of classified White House documents that were retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.
    Kyler Alvord, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of riot
Noun
  • Jared Verse had seven pressures and returned a fumble for a TD as the Rams knocked off the Vikings in the wild-card round on Monday.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Bolton had eight tackles and forced a fumble against the Texans in Week 16.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of fumble
Noun
  • The fake laugh would be ‘gasp gasp,’ a kind of inhale.
    Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Rivers said with a laugh before his Bucks’ faced Thibodeau’s Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of laugh
Noun
  • Richardson was next in line in 2023, and while there have been impressive moments, his injuries and inaccuracy raise serious questions about his NFL future.
    James Boyd, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • LLMs can also help verify content within documents against a predefined checklist, pointing out the absence of specific content and highlighting inaccuracies that might be occurring in available content.
    Ravikiran Dharmavaram, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of inaccuracy
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“Boner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boner. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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