English

Noun

bollocks ‎(uncountable) (rarely used in the singular)

1. (Britain, vulgar) The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)
2. (Britain, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.

   That's a load of bollocks, mate!

3. (Ireland, vulgar) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.

   Don't mind him; he's only an oul' bollocks!

4. (Britain, vulgar) A contraction of the dog's bollocks.

Alternative forms

• ballicks, ballix (Northern Ireland)

Synonyms

• (testicles): See also Wikisaurus:testicles
• (nonsense): See also Wikisaurus:nonsense

Derived terms

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Verb

bollocks ‎(third-person singular simple present bollockses, present participle bollocksing, simple past and past participle bollocksed)

1. (transitive, Britain, taboo, slang) To break.

   The telly's bollocksed.

2. (transitive, Britain, taboo, slang) (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.

   I bollocksed that exam.

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Interjection

bollocks

1. (Britain, taboo, slang) Expressing anger, frustration, etc.

   Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!

Translations

Synonyms

• Horlicks (euphemism)

Etymology 2

See bollock

Verb

bollocks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollock