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bollocks

noun
/ˈbɒ.ləks/UK

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from beallucas
  2. inherited from ballokes

Definitions

  1. The testicles.

  2. Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.

    • That's a load of bollocks, mate!
    • All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.

  3. An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.

    • Don't mind him; he's only an oul' bollocks!
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.

    2. To break.

      • The telly's bollocksed.

    3. To fail (a task)

      To fail (a task); to make a mess of.

      • I bollocksed that exam.

    4. An expression of anger, frustration, etc.

      • Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!

    5. An expression of incredulity.

      • Bollocks! That never happened!

    6. third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock

The neighborhood

Derived

Billy Big Bollocks, Billy bollocks, bolitics, bollock, bollocking, bollocks more like, bollocksology, bollocks to it, bollock up, kick bollocks scramble, kick in the bollocks, the dog's bollocks, top bollocks, bollocks up

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bollocks. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA