boners

noun

plural of boner
1
as in howlers

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as in boobs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boners
  1. riots
  2. boobs
  3. screams
  4. blunders
  5. laughs
  6. inaccuracies
  7. knee-slappers
  8. fumbles
Noun
  • French President Emmanuel Macron referenced politicians’ influence on the riots while on a state visit to Spain Wednesday.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Anger at the seeming inability of successive governments to deal with the issue has been behind a series of demonstrations and riots and has fueled the rise of the hard-right Reform UK party.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of riots
Noun
  • Dolly revealed everything, told anyone who asked about the wigs, the eyelashes, the boobs, the boob jobs.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, the villain is not the Harvard nerds who initially shun Elle, but the ex-boyfriend who never saw her as anything more than a cardboard cutout of a girl with blonde hair and big boobs.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of boobs
Noun
  • Passengers later described screams and confusion as people realized something was seriously wrong.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jennifer Campbell heard the screams from across the river of a neighbor desperate for rescue.
    — Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of screams
Noun
  • However, due to the financial blunders of our prior ADs with Locks’ contract, getting rid of him has been almost impossible.
    — Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
  • José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of blunders
Noun
  • This autumn, there are plenty of comedians rounding the country, all primed to provide you with boundless laughs.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some in San Francisco label him a moderate, though that designation would draw laughs elsewhere in the country and even in Sacramento.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of laughs
Noun
  • Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries.
    — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The inaccuracies of the old map include the shortening of Africa, and the relative expansion of North America and Eurasia.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of inaccuracies
Noun
  • On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of knee-slappers
Noun
  • The unit recovered a pair of fumbles against Sweeny and limited the Bulldogs to three points in the first half.
    — Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • John Mateer, once among the Heisman Trophy favorites, was harassed into a 25-of-34 passing day that included an interception and two fumbles that led to 14 Georgia points.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of fumbles
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