Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boncer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bon-cer
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Remarkable; wonderful.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal; Obsolete

noun

A kind of large marble; a bonce.

New Zealand usage; Dated

noun

Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Trout boys had often spent the day with the Burnells in town, but now that they lived in this fine house and boncer garden they were inclined to be very friendly."
"‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’."

Etymology

In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more boncer (comparative) most boncer (superlative) bonzer (alternative) boncers (plural)

Synonyms

bottler ripper

Questions

What does boncer mean?: Remarkable; wonderful.
Where does boncer come from?: In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.

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