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bol·lock

(bŏl′ək)

n. Vulgar Slang

1. A testicle.

2. bollocks Foolish talk; nonsense.

[Middle English ballok, from Old English beallucas, testicles; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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bollocks

(ˈbɒləks) ,

ballocks

bollix

pl n

1. (Anatomy) another word for testicles. See testicle

2. nonsense; rubbish

interj

3. an exclamation of annoyance, disbelief, etc

4. the bollocks the dog's bollocks something excellent

vb (usually foll by up)

to muddle or botch

[Old English beallucas, diminutive (pl) of beallu (unattested); see ball¹]

Usage: Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th-century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit

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bollocks

Past participle: bollocksed
Gerund: bollocksing

Imperative
bollocks
bollocks

Present
I bollocks
you bollocks
he/she/it bollockses
we bollocks
you bollocks
they bollocks

Preterite
I bollocksed
you bollocksed
he/she/it bollocksed
we bollocksed
you bollocksed
they bollocksed

Present Continuous
I am bollocksing
you are bollocksing
he/she/it is bollocksing
we are bollocksing
you are bollocksing
they are bollocksing

Present Perfect
I have bollocksed
you have bollocksed
he/she/it has bollocksed
we have bollocksed
you have bollocksed
they have bollocksed

Past Continuous
I was bollocksing
you were bollocksing
he/she/it was bollocksing
we were bollocksing
you were bollocksing
they were bollocksing

Past Perfect
I had bollocksed
you had bollocksed
he/she/it had bollocksed
we had bollocksed
you had bollocksed
they had bollocksed

Future
I will bollocks
you will bollocks
he/she/it will bollocks
we will bollocks
you will bollocks
they will bollocks

Future Perfect
I will have bollocksed
you will have bollocksed
he/she/it will have bollocksed
we will have bollocksed
you will have bollocksed
they will have bollocksed

Future Continuous
I will be bollocksing
you will be bollocksing
he/she/it will be bollocksing
we will be bollocksing
you will be bollocksing
they will be bollocksing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bollocksing
you have been bollocksing
he/she/it has been bollocksing
we have been bollocksing
you have been bollocksing
they have been bollocksing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bollocksing
you will have been bollocksing
he/she/it will have been bollocksing
we will have been bollocksing
you will have been bollocksing
they will have been bollocksing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bollocksing
you had been bollocksing
he/she/it had been bollocksing
we had been bollocksing
you had been bollocksing
they had been bollocksing

Conditional
I would bollocks
you would bollocks
he/she/it would bollocks
we would bollocks
you would bollocks
they would bollocks

Past Conditional
I would have bollocksed
you would have bollocksed
he/she/it would have bollocksed
we would have bollocksed
you would have bollocksed
they would have bollocksed

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Verb

bollocks - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow

go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

Translations

couille

bollocks

[ˈbɒləks] (Brit)

A. NPL → cojones mpl

B. N (= nonsense) → pavadas fpl, huevadas fpl (Andes, Chile)

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bollocks

[ˈbɒləks] (British)

excl → quelles conneries fpl !

npl → couilles fpl

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bollocks

pl (sl)

→ Eier pl (sl)

(= nonsense) (that’s) bollocks! → Quatsch mit Soße! (inf); he was talking bollocks → der hat einen Scheiß geredet (inf)

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bollocks

[ˈbɒləks] npl (fam!) to talk a load of bollocks → dire stronzate or cazzate (fam!)

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