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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • informal Said of something that is rubbish or broken.
  • Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

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Noun:

  • A bone of a fish; a fishbone
  • An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • countable Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
  • One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  • slang An erect penis; a boner.
  • slang Dominoes or dice.
  • shortened form|trombone
  • uncountable A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  • informal A dollar.

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Verb:

  • dated in Aboriginal culture To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
  • transitive|slang To apprehend, steal.
  • To polish boots to a shiny finish
  • To removing the bone or bones from.
  • To study (see also bone up)
  • slang|of a man To have sexual intercourse with.

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