/ Dictionary / Index B bone-crushing: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: bone-crush•ing Pronunciation: (bōn'krush"ing), [key] — adj. powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake. extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. bone conduction boned Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language