bonce

American

[bons] / bɒns /

noun

British Slang.

head; skull.

I was nearly blinded by the light reflecting off his freshly shaved, bloody great bonce.

bonce British

/ bɒns /

noun

slang the head

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Etymology

Origin of bonce

First recorded in 1885–90; origin unknown

Example Sentences

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"Why paint a boiled egg at Easter when you can paint mum's bald bonce?"

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2016

Illicic swings it into the England area with his left foot and Ilic peels away from his man and lets the ball slide off his bonce and towards goal.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2015

"Google it," advised her sidekick Matt Lauer, the irony whizzing over his neatly clipped bonce.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2013

"I'm afraid our 'Enery will 'ave to 'it 'im over the bonce with Bow bells to beat 'im," admitted one Londoner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The focus and occasion of Dinger's social rise and moral downfall is Rex Boone, a "bozzle bonce," meaning a chap who is handicapped by intelligence, good manners and a U-type accent.

From Time Magazine Archive

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