Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large marble for playing with.
- n. A game played with such marbles.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A boy's game played with large marbles.
WordNet 3.0
- n. informal terms for a human head
Examples
“They may, but they may equally take into consideration the previous of a man whose formative years were spent "defending himself" in an era when punches on the bonce were a dime a dozen.”
“And Foley's production piles on the sight gags: chairs and tables spin across the stage every time a train passes, the robbery is re-created by miniaturised cars colliding on a vertical wall, and, when the thieves fall out, a trick-knife is embedded in the boxer's bonce, and the pill-popper is apparently run through with a non-musical stave.”
The Guardian: The Ladykillers – review by Michael Billington
“Weeee, that flying fish innard hit Cotton right on the bonce.”
The Guardian: I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2011: launch night liveblog
“And if that means having to forego Peter Gabriel's orchestral albums, or to somehow avoid shelling out £279.99 for a pair of giant white headphones that make it look like you're wearing the back end of a Sinclair C5 on your bonce, then so be it.”
The Guardian: Don't Give Up, Dr Dre's new material will be arriving soon!
“Vladimir Putin today angrily dismissed protests against his regime as "provocations" and said anyone who took part in unsanctioned street rallies against the Kremlin should expect a "whack on the bonce".”
The Guardian: Vladimir Putin says 'unsanctioned' protesters can expect police brutality
“Go to a rally without permission and you get a whack on the bonce.”
The Guardian: Vladimir Putin says 'unsanctioned' protesters can expect police brutality
“Swann appeals for bonce before wicket, but there's nothing doing.”
“There's probably some link from here back to Andy Carroll, but sadly I've taken too many bouncers to the bonce down the years to fathom what it is.”
The Guardian: Why Emmanuel Adebayor might not have a leg to stand on
“Thompson's bonce is really impressive, and many polls confirm it at this point.”
“Again your gleaming bonce lights the way for us young padwans who a rash and not in tune with The Way.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bonce’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
bywoner, byssus, byssiferous, byssaceous, byrnie, butyric, butyraceous, buttery, buteonine, bunting, burdet, broma and 582 more...
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Marbles
From the GNU Webster's 1913:
"n. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white ...marble, marbles, lost my marbles, Elgin Marbles, Yule marble, Verona red marble, Carrara marble, Pentelican marble, Parian marble, bardiglio, lumachelle, fire-marble and 117 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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stuff related to weirdpunk
weirdpunk
psychpunk
psychedelic punk
avantpunksquid, punky brewster, bonce, weird al, andy warhol, rink-a-dink-dunkpunk, lava lamp, squidpunk, boncepunk, london's burning ..., hey diddle diddle..., psycho bumplebuppy and 23 more...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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Words that were new to me
but now they're not because I looked them up. In cases of polysemy or homography, *of course* it was the oddest meaning that stumped me. ;)
Procrustean bed, idem sonans, hob, backcap, quango, cheap-jack, pantechnicon, churrigueresco, chopfallen, maritorious, supererogation, catimini and 212 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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Distinctly British
Mostly but not limited to slang and some cockney guffy wibble
haberdashery, coventry, knackered, cack-handed, bate, bimble, blag, boffin, bonce, brolly, busk, cack and 71 more...
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