bollock

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bollock

  • /ˈbɒ.lək/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒlək

Where it comes from

From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). By surface analysis, ball + -ock.

noun bollocks · ballock

  1. Ireland, UK, in plural, vulgar A testicle. You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts.

verb bollocks · bollocking · bollocked · ballock

  1. Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar To reprimand severely and grossly. The boss bollocked me for coming in late.

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