bollock

English

Etymology

From Old English beallucas ‎(“testicles”), from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ‎(“to inflate, swell”); equivalent to ball +‎ -ock (confer ballock).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.lək/

Noun

bollock ‎(plural bollocks)

1. (Britain, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

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

Translations

(vulgar, slang) testicle

• Danish: nosse c
• Dutch: bal (nl), kloot (nl)
• Finnish: palli (fi)
• French: couille (fr)
• German: Hoden (de), Ei (de) n
• Greek: αρχίδι (el) n ‎(archídi)
• Hungarian: tök (hu)

• Italian: coglione (it) m
• Malay: telur (ms)
• Old French: coille
• Russian: яйцо́ (ru) n ‎(jajcó)
• Spanish: cojón (es) m

Verb

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

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

   The boss bollocked me for coming in late.

Translations

(vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly

• Dutch: uitkafferen

• French: engueuler (fr)
• Greek: χέζω (el) ‎(chézo)