Meaning
1 senses(Ireland, UK, 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.
anschnauzen, anscheißen, zusammenscheißen
дрючитьdrjučitʹ
Examples
2 sentencesI've got a strange lump on my left bollock.
Tom'll give you a right bollocking if you talk to him like that.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
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Origin
From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”)From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). By surface analysis, ball + -ock.
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Forms
bollocks, bollocking, bollocked, bollockedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.