Phrase guide

morning wood

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An erection of the penis upon waking up, usually unrelated to erotic thoughts or dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning woody, morning tent, morning glory, nocturnal penile tumescence

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Kindling used to light a fire in the morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning sticks

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: trempera matinera — morning erection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晨勃 (chénbó) — morning erection
  • Danish: morgenstivert — morning erection
  • Finnish: aamuerektio — morning erection
  • Finnish: aamuseisokki — morning erection
  • Finnish: aamustondis — morning erection
  • French: érection matinale — morning erection
  • French: gaule du matin — morning erection
  • Georgian: დილის ერექცია (dilis erekcia) — morning erection
  • German: Morgenlatte — morning erection
  • German: Morgenständer — morning erection
  • German: Morgenständchen — morning erection
  • German: morgendliche Pisslatte — morning erection
  • German: Mopila — morning erection
  • German: Morgenwasserlatte — morning erection
  • Hebrew: זקפת בוקר (zikpat boker) — morning erection
  • Hindi: सुबह स्तंभन (subah stambhan) — morning erection
  • Hungarian: hajnali merevedés — morning erection
  • Italian: alzabandiera — morning erection
  • Japanese: 朝立ち (asadachi) — morning erection
  • Japanese: あさだち (asadachi) — morning erection
  • Korean: 아침 발기 (achim balgi) — morning erection
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morrabrød — morning erection
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morgenbrød — morning erection
  • Polish: poranny drągal — morning erection
  • Polish: namiot — morning erection
  • Polish: poranny wzwód — morning erection
  • Portuguese: tesão de mijo — morning erection
  • Portuguese: tesão da manhã — morning erection
  • Russian: у́тренний стоя́к (útrennij stoják) — morning erection
  • Spanish: trempera mañanera — morning erection
  • Spanish: erección matutina — morning erection
  • Swedish: morgonstånd — morning erection
  • Swedish: morgonbånge — morning erection
  • Tagalog: tigas titi — morning erection
  • Turkish: sabah ereksiyonu — morning erection