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• b******s, b****cks (bowdlerized)
• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒ.ləks/
• Noun, verb
• Interjection
• Rhymes: -ɒləks

From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock +‎ -s. Compare cullion.

bollocks pl (normally plural, singular bollock) (UK, Ireland, vulgar)

1. The testicles.
   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:testicles
2. Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense
   That's a load of bollocks, mate!
   • 2014, Peter Smith, Confessions of a Dice Dealer, page 105:
     All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.
3. (used as singular) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
   Don't mind him; he's only an oul' bollocks!
4. Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.

• bollox

• ballocks (Ireland)

• ballicks, ballix (Northern Ireland)

• bullocks (minced oath)

• Billy Big Bollocks

• Billy bollocks

• bolitics

• bollock

• bollocking

• bollocks more like

• bollocksology

• bollocks to it

• bollock up, bollocks up

• kick bollocks scramble

• kick in the bollocks

• the dog's bollocks

• top bollocks

testicles

• Catalan: collons (ca) m pl
• Danish: nosser c pl
• Finnish: pallit (fi) pl, munat (fi) pl, kassit (fi) pl
• French: couilles (fr) f pl, pruneaux (fr) m pl, bijoux de famille (fr) m pl, valseuses (fr) f pl
• German: Nüsse (de) pl, Eier (de) pl
• Greek: αρχίδια (el) pl (archídia)
• Hebrew: אֲשָׁכִים m pl (ashakhím), (slang) בֵּיצִים f pl (betsím)
• Italian: testicoli (it) m pl, (vulgar, slang) coglioni (it) pl, (vulgar, slang) palle (it) m pl, (vulgar, slang) balle (it) m pl
• Norwegian: pokker
• Portuguese: colhões (pt)
• Russian: я́йца (ru) n pl (jájca), мудя (ru) n pl (mudjá) (vulgar, slang)
• Spanish: cojones (es), huevos (es) m pl, bolas (es) m pl
• Swedish: balle (sv)

slang: complete nonsense or worthless misinformation deliberately intended to mislead

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 放屁 (zh) (fàngpì)
• Finnish: moska (fi)
• French: conneries (fr) f pl, foutaises (fr) f pl
• German: Quatsch mit Soße (de)
• Greek: κολοκυθάκια με την ρίγανη (kolokythákia me tin rígani), μαλακίες (el) (malakíes), παπαριές (el) n pl (papariés)
• Hebrew: שְׁטוּיוֹת f pl (shtuyót), (vulgar, slang) זִיּוּן־שֵׂכֶל m (ziyùn-sékhel)
• Italian: coglionata (it) f, cazzate (it) f, palle (it) f, balle (it) f
• Macedonian: тикви со расол (tikvi so rasol)
• Portuguese: besteira (pt) f, baboseira (pt) f, tretas (Portugal)
• Russian: ерунда́ (ru) f (jerundá)
• Spanish: falsedad (es) f
• Turkish: palavra (tr)

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

1. To break.
   The telly's bollocksed.
2. To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
   I bollocksed that exam.

• bollocks up

bollocks (UK, Ireland, vulgar)

1. An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
   Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!
2. An expression of incredulity.
   Bollocks! That never happened!

• Horlicks (euphemism)
• (expression of anger): See Thesaurus:dammit
• (expression of frustration): See Thesaurus:screw this
• (expression of incredulity): See Thesaurus:bullshit

expressing anger, frustration

• French: les boules, merde (fr), putain (fr), putain de merde (fr), vingt dieux (fr)
• Greek: σκατά (el) (skatá), γάμα τα (el) (gáma ta), παπάρια n pl (papária)
• Italian: puttana (it) f, merda (it) f, cazzo (it) m
• Spanish: chingados (es), mierda (es), me cago en la puta, hostia (es), cojones (es)

an expression of incredulity

bollocks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock