Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Vulgar Slang The testicles.
- n. Vulgar Slang Nonsense.
Wiktionary
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollock.
- n. UK, vulgar The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)
- n. UK, vulgar Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
- n. Ireland, vulgar An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
- n. UK, vulgar A contraction of the dog's bollocks.
- v. transitive, UK, taboo, slang To break.
- v. transitive, UK, taboo, slang To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
- interj. UK, taboo, slang Expressing anger, frustration, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to make a mess of.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Etymologies
- An alteration of ballocks. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English balloks; see bollix. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Downton says the word 'bollocks' at least I think he does, the sky has fallen open, so it's hard to tell.”
“I have what I call a bollocks list where I just sit in meetings and I write down some of the absurd language we use - and we are all guilty of this, myself included.”
“Managerialst bollocks is killing all kinds of human endeavour.”
“Why anyone would want to work for an organisation that spouts such bollocks is beyond me. on February 13, 2010 at 7: 35 am larchy”
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“This compendium of utter bollocks is a treasury of audacious fibbing, featuring the boss who claimed to be Emma Thompson's secret lover and a part-time ambulance driver, the Dad who once kicked a football so high it landed on a cloud, and the mate who reckons ninjas can go out in a rainstorm and not get wet cos they're "that fast".”
“I'm pretty used to spouting misleading bollocks from a failing organisation, having done it for Halifax for years .”
“As for abandoning the working class etc. - complete and utter bollocks is probably the best response - I've tried reason it doesn't work here.”
“Can we please call an end to this essentialist blood and soil I'm more Welsh than you bollocks from the Welsh-bashers?”
“Shit, Amazon Reviews can be the dog's bollocks or just plain bollocks, but if I ever respond to them like that, I'm gonna need me a good knee-capping.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bollocks’.
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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UK - slang
chin wag, arse about, bollock, starkers, sweet Fanny Adams, skive, shufti, codswallop, rhyming slang, bollocks, nookie, skew-whiff and 208 more...
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"Queen's" English
Collection of words from Old Blighty
sorted, sketchy, mate, oi, innit, ol' chum, brilliant, wicked, arse, bloody, bollocks, wanker and 12 more...
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Yoinks, Zoinks, & Zounds!
A collection of interjections and verbal ejaculations.
yoinks, zoinks, zounds, crikey, lawsy, oomph, unf, shazbot, lordy, mox nix, cosmic, no dice and 30 more...
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 58 more...
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Nonsense
Synonyms of "nonsense"
tomfoolery, balderdash, poppycock, lalapalooza, hullabaloo, hodgepodge, gibberish, shenanigans, hootenanny, jabberwocky, gobbledygook, mummery and 21 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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MI-5
British TV show
MOD, vet, non-commissioned ..., Member of Parliament, depth, bollocks
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Pluralia Tantum
Nouns that are common in plural form but are non-existent or rarely used in singular form.
scissors, thanks, clothes, remains, tights, trousers, pants, news, billiards, means, mathematics, physics and 221 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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Gaw
Words for things both tangible and anthropic. I'm in the process of spinning off hardware into ute, and people into oofy.
cum-twang, naumachia, yngling, juggernaught, bliss ninny, iliac crest, moistened bint, slumlord, spondoolies, classy lady, charnel house, electrodoméstico and 334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
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fliti's Words
panache, mushaboom, aubergine, serpentine, glimpse, schadenfreude, syzygy, plethora, zeitgeist, defenestrate, callipygian, ubiquitous and 239 more...
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South Yorkshire medical terminology
For definitions see the source document.
"All the words and phrases included in this guide are those that have been used by patients during consultations and have been included to assi...winkle, wind pipe, willy, widgy, well, it's a nogg..., wee-wee, water, uncle sam, tuppence, tummy ache, trotters, tootsies and 123 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bollocks.
muamor Yeah, the satisfaction level is just about the same than with bullshit, in my case, anyway. ;o] Mar 3, 2008
sonofgroucho This is such a satisfying word to say! Mar 3, 2008