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Bollock

//ˈbɒ.lək// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A testicle. British, Ireland, in-plural, vulgar

    "You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts."

  2. 2
    a pulley-block at the head of a topmast wordnet
  3. 3
    one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To reprimand severely and grossly. British, slang, transitive, vulgar

    "The boss bollocked me for coming in late."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). By surface analysis, ball + -ock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). By surface analysis, ball + -ock.

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