bollock - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). By surface analysis, ball + -ock.
bollock (plural bollocks)
- (UK, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts.
Translations
- Catalan: colló (ca) m
- Czech: koule (cs) f
- Danish: nosse c
- Dutch: bal (nl), kloot (nl)
- Finnish: palli (fi)
- French: couille (fr), rouston (fr) m, pruneau (fr) m, bonbon (fr) m
Old French: coille - Galician: collón m
- Georgian: სათესლე (satesle), სათესლე ჯირკვალი (satesle ǯirḳvali), ყვერი (q̇veri) (vulgar), კვერცხი (ḳvercxi) (mildly vulgar)
- German: Hoden (de), Ei (de) n
- Greek: αρχίδι (el) n (archídi)
- Hungarian: tök (hu), here (hu), golyó (hu), mogyoró (hu)
- Italian: coglione (it) m
- Malay: telur (ms)
- Russian: яйцо́ (ru) n (jajcó)
- Spanish: cojón (es) m
- Ukrainian: яйце́ (uk) n (jajcé)
bollock (third-person singular simple present bollocks, present participle bollocking, simple past and past participle bollocked)
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, vulgar) To reprimand severely and grossly.
The boss bollocked me for coming in late.
The goalkeeper gave his defenders a bollocking when they made a mistake.
Translations
- Dutch: uitkafferen (nl)
- French: engueuler (fr), pourrir (fr), tancer (fr), mettre une chasse (fr), passer un savon (fr)
- German: anschnauzen (de), anscheißen (de), zusammenscheißen (de), zusammenstauchen (de)
Bavarian: zåmmpfeifn, zåmmputzn, zåmmscheißn, zåmmstauchn - Greek: χέζω (el) (chézo)
- Russian: дрючить (ru) impf (drjučitʹ)