bollocks
/ˈbɒ.ləks/
bollocks noun: the testicles. Also the ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.
Noun
bollocks pl (normally plural, singular bollock)
- The testicles.
- An idiot; an ignorant or disagreeable person.
- —I’m a ballocks, he said, shaking his head in despair. I am and I know I am.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
- He […] had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James.1958, Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- That's a load of bollocks, mate!
- All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.2014, Peter Smith, Confessions of a Dice Dealer, page 105
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
Verb
bollocks (third-person singular simple present bollockses, present participle bollocksing, simple past and past participle bollocksed)
Interjection
(UK, Ireland, vulgar)
- An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
- Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!
- Synonyms:
- dammit, screw this
- An expression of incredulity.
- Bollocks! That never happened!
- Synonyms:
- bullshit
Also used as
bollocks is also the ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.
bollocks is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock.
bollocks meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
bollocks in Marathi
- बोल्लॉक्स
bollocks in Urdu
- بولکس
bollocks in Telugu
- బొల్లాక్స్
bollocks in Malayalam
- ബോളോക്കുകൾ
More languagesFewer languages
- bollocks in Kannada
- ಬೊಲ್ಲಾಕ್ಸ್, ಬೊಲ್ಲೊಕ್ಸ್ಗೆ
- bollocks in Gujarati
- બૉલોક્સ, બોલ્લોક્સ
Synonyms of bollocks
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Forms of bollocks
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| singular | bollock |
| alternative form | bollox |
| alternative Ireland | ballocks |
| alternative Northern Ireland | ballicks |
| alternative Northern Ireland | ballix |
| alternative form | bullocks |
| alternative form | bollix |
| alternative form | b******s |
| alternative form | b****cks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bollockses |
| present participle | bollocksing |
| past participle | bollocksed |
| past | bollocksed |
Origin of bollocks
From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Phrases with bollocks
Words that rhyme with bollocks
Questions about bollocks
- What does bollocks mean?
- Bollocks means the testicles.
- What is bollocks in Marathi?
- Bollocks in Marathi is बोल्लॉक्स. See Bollocks meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is bollocks?
- Bollocks can be a noun, a verb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce bollocks?
- Bollocks is pronounced /ˈbɒ.ləks/ (UK).
Words near bollocks in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bollocks (page history and authors); bollocks (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bollocks (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bollocks (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bollocks (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bollocks (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bollocks (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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