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bollix up

bollix up verb: to confuse or fluster.

Verb

bollix up (third-person singular simple present bollixes up, present participle bollixing up, simple past and past participle bollixed up)

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To confuse or fluster.
    Synonyms:
    bumfuzzle

Synonyms of bollix up

Forms of bollix up

third-person singular presentbollixes up
present participlebollixing up
past participlebollixed up
pastbollixed up

Origin of bollix up

Variant of bollocks up (“mess up”).

Questions about bollix up

What does bollix up mean?
Bollix up means to confuse or fluster.
What part of speech is bollix up?
Bollix up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bollix up?
The past tense of bollix up is bollixed up.

Words near bollix up in the dictionary

  1. Bollinger County
  2. Bollington
  3. Bollins
  4. bollito misto
  5. bollix
  6. bollix up
  7. bollixed
  8. bollixed up
  9. bollixes
  10. bollixes up
  11. bollixing

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