bollock

English

Etymology

From Old English beallucas "testicles", from a Proto-Germanic root *ball-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- "to inflate, swell"

Noun

bollock (plural bollocks)

1. (UK, vulgar, slang, chielfy, in the plural) A testicle.

   You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts.

Translations

(vulgar, slang) testicle

Danish: nosse (da) c. Dutch: bal (nl), kloot (nl) Finnish: palli (fi) French: couille (fr)

German: Hoden (de), Ei (de) n. Old French: coille Spanish: cojón (es) m.

Verb

bollock (third-person singular simple present bollocks, present participle bollocking, simple past and past participle bollocked)

1. (UK, transitive, vulgar, slang) To reprimand severely and grossly.

   The boss bollocked me for coming in late.

Translations

(vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly

Dutch: uitkafferen (nl)

French: engueuler (fr)