noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

ballballockbullock blockeggnutorchis

Example

More examples

"I've got a strange lump on my left bollock."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

bollock daggerbollock nakedbollock sackdrop a bollockstark bollock nakedtire out

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