bollox
bollox is the alternative spelling of bollocks.
Meaning of 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
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- That's a load of bollocks, mate!
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
Forms of bollox
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bolloxes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bolloxes |
| present participle | bolloxing |
| past participle | bolloxed |
| past | bolloxed |
Words formed from bollox
Questions about bollox
- What is bollox the alternative spelling of?
- Bollox is the alternative spelling of bollocks.
Words near bollox in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bollox (page history and authors); bollocks (page history and authors). 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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