pillock

English

Etymology

The origin of pillock is believed to go back to the 16th century meaning penis from the Norwegian word pillicock, presumably akin to the slang dickhead meaning inept fool.

Noun

pillock (plural pillocks)

1. (UK, mildly pejorative, slang) a stupid or annoying person; simpleton; fool.

Translations

a stupid person

• Dutch: stomkop (nl)
• Russian: дурак (ru) (durák) m , олух (ru) (ólux) m , идиот (ru) (idiót) m , балбес (ru) (balbés) m , балда (ru) (baldá) m and f , болван (ru) (bolván) m , дуралей (ru) (duraléj) m 

Synonyms

• (British, mildly pejorative, slang, stupid or annoying person): wazzock Plonker

Anagrams

• lip lock, lip-lock, liplock