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Ständer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boner noun An embarrassing mistake or blunder.
  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • holder noun A person who owns, possesses, or is entitled to something, such as a ticket, title, or account.
  • horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  • stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.

Senses

Ständer is used for these senses in English:

  • boner (coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]
  • bracket (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  • burgee A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.
  • gyron (heraldiccharge) A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.
  • hard-on (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
  • holder A thing that holds.
  • horn (vulgar, slang, with definite article) An erection of the penis.
  • kickstand A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.

boner — full definition

  1. noun An embarrassing mistake or blunder.
  2. noun Vulgar slang for an erect penis.

bracket — full definition

  1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
  3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
  4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

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