bonce
/bɒns
/noun British informal
A person’s head: he will be wearing a hat to stop his bonce from burning...
- Men who maybe thinning on top should definitely wear one, after all not many of us (men or women) put suncream on our bonces.
- It's all about what's going on in your bonce, and you're probably saying to yourself: ‘I've have to do this perfectly.’
- I particularly like the second picture, ‘During Therapy’, where Shane appears to have a small Star Wars Skimmer balanced on his bonce.
Origin
Mid 19th century (denoting a large marble): of unknown origin.
This slang word for ‘head’ was originally a large marble; the origin remains unknown.
Rhymes
- shout-out
- shout something from the housetops
- shout something from the rooftops
- shout the odds
- shouty
- shove
- shove-halfpenny
- shovel
- shovelboard
- shoveler
- shovelful
- shovel hat
- shovelhead
- shovelhead shark
- shoveller
- shovel pass
- shovel-ready
- shovel-spear
- shovelware
- shove off
- shove up
- show
- Showa
- show a leg
- show-and-tell