bollock
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Etymology[edit]
From Old English beallucas (“testicles”), from Proto-Germanic *ballukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to inflate, swell”); equivalent to ball + -ock.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bollock (plural bollocks)
- (Britain, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
- You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts.
Translations[edit]
(vulgar, slang) testicle
Verb[edit]
bollock (third-person singular simple present bollocks, present participle bollocking, simple past and past participle bollocked)
- (Britain, transitive, vulgar, slang) To reprimand severely and grossly.
- The boss bollocked me for coming in late.
- (Britain, vulgar, slang) To exhaust, tire out.
- I woke at 17:05 and felt totally bollocked. After a shower, I went to the NAAFI for some sarnies and orange juice. ( https://4btystig.wordpress.com/2011/08/page/2/ )
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- English words suffixed with -ock
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- British English
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