Bonce
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɒns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bonce is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) The human head.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) The human head.
More Meanings
- (dated) A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce.
- (dated) A marble game played with bonces.
Example Sentences
Bonces, or very large stone marbles, made chiefly in Holland.
Bonce (various), the head, called also "crust, chump." From bonce, a marble of larger size than ordinary, used by boys.
To see Nina herself Nick had to crane round the big white bonce of Norman Kent, who was as sensitive to music as he was to conservatives, and kept shifting in his seat.
Bonce is played with very large marbles. One boy pitches his bonce, and another tries to strike it, each throwing by turns: if the bonce be struck, its owner pays a forfeit of one or more marbles, as agreed on.
Word Forms
- bonces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bonk, bonk-on, headbonk, boff, conk, gobful.
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