Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)To break.

    The telly's bollocksed.

  2. (Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)To fail (a task); to make a mess of.

    I bollocksed that exam.

    make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom thought it was just bollocks.

    deTom dachte einfach, dass es nur Blödsinn sei. — tarsier

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  2. Who's told you that load of bollocks?

    deWer hat dir denn so einen Blödsinn gesagt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. That's bollocks. Let's just say it how it is.

    Скажімо прямо: це якась хуйня. — deniko

    ruЭто бред, давайте уж говорить прямо. — Ooneykcall

    deDas ist Scheiße. Sagen wir’s mal, wie’s ist! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. That's the dog's bollocks!

    deDas ist der absolute Hammer! — Esperantostern

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  5. This is the dog's bollocks!

    deDas ist der absolute Hammer! — Esperantostern

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative pl

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

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Forms

bollockses, bollocksing, bollocksed, bollocksed
Base formbollocks · to bollocks
3rd person singularbollockses
Present participlebollocksing
Past simplebollocksed
Past participlebollocksed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybollocks
he, she, itbollockses

Past simpleLesson

all personsbollocksed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bollocksed
he, she, ithas bollocksed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bollocks

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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