HyperDic: boner

English > 1 sense of the word boner:
NOUNactboner, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boo-booan embarrassing mistake
boner > pronunciation
Soundsbow'ner
RhymesAfrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner...
English > boner: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningAn embarrassing mistake.
Synonymsblunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boo-boo
NarrowerbobbleThe momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
bullA serious and ludicrous blunder
clangerA conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherieA socially awkward or tactless act
fluffA blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
fumble, muff(sports) dropping the ball
howlerA glaring blunder
snafuAn acronym often used by soldiers in World War II
spectacleA blunder that makes you look ridiculous
trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepAn unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Broadermistake, error, faultA wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Spanishblooper, boner, buñuelo, cagada, caída, cantada, cante, chapucear, chapucería, chapuza, disparate, embrollo, equivocación, error, estropeo, flub, gazapatón, gazapo, metedura de pata, patinazo, patochada, pifia, plancha
Catalanboner, bunyol, espifiada, flub, nyap, pífia

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict