bollocks

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.

Verb

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) To break.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.

Intj

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) An expression of incredulity.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock

bollock

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

balls

mishandle

bodge

bollix

bobble

bungle

spoil

mess up

muck up

muff

bollix up

bollocks up

botch up

flub

louse up

fluff

foul up

fuck up

blow

fumble

botch

ball up

screw up

bumble

nonsense

nutmeg

pills

pulverize

ravage

ravings

rot

ruin

scant

smash

smear

testicle

testicles

unmake

wreck

ballocks

cojones

nuts

goolie

gooly

abolish

knackers

ball

berry

besmear

blight

Translations

couilles

cojones

palle

balle

valseuses

coglioni

foirer

merde

espatllar

Quatsch

arruïnar

les boules

roubignoles

roupettes

putain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒ.ləks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ballokes

Inherited from Old English: beallucas

In summary

From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.