Bollocking

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A severe reprimand. slang, taboo

    ""[…] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!""

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"Tom'll give you a right bollocking if you talk to him like that."

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