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bollockings

bollockings is the plural of bollocking.

Meaning of bollocking

Noun

bollocking (plural bollockings)

  1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar) A severe reprimand.
    • "[…] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!"2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 42

Questions about bollockings

What is bollockings the plural of?
Bollockings is the plural of bollocking.

Words near bollockings in the dictionary

  1. bollock sacks
  2. bollocked
  3. bollockhead
  4. bollockheads
  5. bollocking
  6. bollockings
  7. bollocks
  8. bollocks more like
  9. bollocks to it
  10. bollocks up
  11. bollocksed

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