Definition of "hard-on" []

• Vulgar Slang An erection of the penis. (noun)

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• "Besides, her voice had an ever-so-slight Southern lilt, harsh twangs polished smooth; it was the kind of accent that can make even a word like hard-on sound harmless and sweet as a mint julep drunk from a porch swing."
• "But what caught my eye is the hard-on that David Brooks and Mike Gerson have for the Bush Global AIDS Coordinator (Mark Dybul) who was recently let go."
• "Morgan is just an ordinary fuckwit with a hard-on for making the lives of public servants harder."