bollock

English

Etymology

From Old English beallucas (“testicles”), from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to inflate, swell”)

Noun

bollock (plural bollocks)

1. (UK, 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

• Hungarian: tök (hu)
• Malay: telur (ms)
• 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

• French: engueuler (fr)