boney adj 1: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish" [syn: {bony}, {boney}] [ant: {boneless}] 2: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: {scraggy}, {boney}, {scrawny}, {skinny}, {underweight}, {weedy}]