hard-on

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹdɑn/
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hard-on (plural hard-ons)

  1. (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
    • 1997, Face/Off, spoken by Castor Troy (John Travolta):
      Look at this place! I'm in hell! I may never get a hard-on again!
  2. (slang, vulgar, figurative) A desirous arousal based on a fascination or obsession.
    • 2012 August 27, Wayne Alan Brenner , “Capitalism, Weaponized: Sun Tzu Gets Cyberpunk’d”, The Austin Chronicle, section Daily Chronolog:
      ... and corporations duke it out with the kind of military tactics and apparatus that would give anybody who appreciates the Navy SEALs a hard-on.

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