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yarblockos

UK/jɑː(ɹ)blɒkəʊs/

yarblockos noun: testicles; bollocks.

Noun

yarblockos pl (plural only)

  1. (augmentative, mildly, plural, plural-only, rare, slang) Testicles; bollocks.
  2. (figuratively, mildly, plural, plural-only, rare, slang) Courage, fortitude, or machismo.
    • The police, only barely adept at directing automated traffic, need an action hero to contain Snipes. But the only one around with yarblockos of sufficient mettle—Sly, of course, as former tough-guy cop Sgt. John Spartan—has himself been on ice for the last 25 or 30 years.1993 December, Sheli Teitelbaum, “Stallone Demolition Man”, in Cinefantastique, volume 24, number 5, Forest Park, Illinois: Algol Press, →ISSN, page 16

Synonyms of yarblockos

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Forms of yarblockos

alternative formyarbles

Origin of yarblockos

From Russian яблоко (jabloko, “apple”); coined by Anthony Burgess in 1962, when he introduced it within the invented slang Nadsat found in his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.

Questions about yarblockos

What does yarblockos mean?
Yarblockos means testicles; bollocks.
What part of speech is yarblockos?
Yarblockos is a noun.
How do you pronounce yarblockos?
Yarblockos is pronounced /jɑː(ɹ)blɒkəʊs/ (UK).

Words near yarblockos in the dictionary

  1. Yarberry
  2. Yarberrys
  3. Yarbers
  4. yarble
  5. yarbles
  6. yarblockos
  7. yarborough
  8. yarboroughs
  9. Yarbough
  10. Yarboughs
  11. Yarbro

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