pillock
pillock noun: a stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.
Noun
pillock (plural pillocks)
- A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.
- What is it now, you great pillock?1970 October 27, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite
- Take your Typhoon up there and swat the annoying mosquito out of the sky by challenging the infantile pillock to a classic World-War-II-era dogfight like a real man, to show them who the real king of European airspace is.2021 March 19, Bosnian Ape Society, 3:55 from the start, in Is Your Car Safe From Supermaneuverable Air-Defense Fighter Aircraft?, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2022
Synonyms of pillock
Forms of pillock
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Origin of pillock
In the middle of the 16th century, the meaning was "penis". Probably from pillicock (“penis; boy, man”), presumably akin to the slang term dickhead (“inept fool”). Alternatively, from the same basis as pillicock (compare regional Norwegian pill (“penis”)) + the diminutive suffix -ock.
Words formed from pillock
Questions about pillock
- What does pillock mean?
- Pillock means a stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.
- What part of speech is pillock?
- Pillock is a noun.
- What is the plural of pillock?
- The plural of pillock is pillocks.
Words near pillock in the dictionary
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