Definition of BOLLOCKS

bollocks

Plural: bollocks

Noun

  • Testicles; (slang) nonsense or rubbish.
  • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
  • a pulley-block at the head of a topmast
  • The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)
  • Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
  • An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
  • Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.

Verb

  • make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • To break.
  • (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
  • third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock

Intj

  • An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
  • An expression of incredulity.

Examples

  • Bollocks! That never happened!
  • Don't mind him; he's only an oul' bollocks!
  • His opponent’s claim of an unbeatable word was utter BOLLOCKS.
  • I bollocksed that exam.
  • Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!
  • That's a load of bollocks, mate!
  • The telly's bollocksed.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ball, ball up, ballock, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollock, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bullock block, bumble, bungle, egg, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, nut, orchis, screw up, spoil, testicle, testis, BS, Bandini, Greek, Horlicks, Irish bull, Jacobs, Jatz crackers, US), absurdity, acorns, agates, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apples, applesauce, apricots, bafflegab, bags, balderdash, ballocks, balls, baloney, banana oil, bangers, bannocks, baragouin, batcrap, batshit, baws, bean bags, beans, berries, bilgewater, blah, blather, blatherskite, bobbins, bollocks, bolls, bosh, boys, bubbles, bull, bull feathers, bullcrap, bulldust, bullshit, bullspeak, bunk, bunkum, bushwah, cherries, chicken nuggets, chuckles, clamjamfrey, claptrap, clockweights, cobblers, cods, codswallop, coin purse, cojones, crap, crock, crock of shit, crown jewels, cubes, cullions, dammit, double Dutch, double talk, doublespeak, drivel, eggs, eyewash, family jewels, fiddle-faddle, flapdoodle, flim-flam, flizz, flummery, folderol, foolishness, footle, framis, fuckery, fuckry, fudge, galimatias, garbage, garble, gibber, gibberish, giggle berries, gobbledygook, gonads, goolies, gooseberries, gossip, guff, gup, hoax, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hokum, hooey, horse hockey, horse piss, horse puckey, horsefeathers, horseshit, huevos, humbug, jabber, jargon, jawbreakers, jibber-jabber, jimjam, jive, junk, klackers, knackers, lallation, lamb fries, loins, love spuds, macaroni, malarkey, manure, marbles, meaninglessness, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, nadgers, nads (UK, nards, nertz, nonsense, nuts, pebbles, pie in the sky, piffle, pigswill, plums, pods, poppycock, potatoes, prattle, profiteroles, put-on, rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb, rigmarole, rocks, rot, rubbish, ruse, santorum, screw this, shit, shite, skimble-skamble, spuds, squit, stepchildren, stones, store, stuff, stuff and nonsense, sweetmeats, swingers, taters, teabags, testes, testicles, tests, tommy-rot, tosh, trash, tripe, tush, twaddle, twins, wass, watermelons, whiff-whaff, word salad, yams, yarbles

Scrabble Score: 16

bollocks: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
bollocks: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
bollocks: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

bollocks: valid Words With Friends Word