bollocks
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 8
/ˈbɒ.ləks/
(UK)
Definition of bollocks
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar)The testicles.
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noun
- (Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar)The testicles.
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(Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar)Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
“That's a load of bollocks, mate!”
“All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.”
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(Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar)An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
“Don't mind him; he's only an oul' bollocks!”
- (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-normally, vulgar)Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.
verb
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(Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)To break.
“The telly's bollocksed.”
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(Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
“I bollocksed that exam.”
- (Ireland, UK, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person, transitive, vulgar)third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock
intj
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(Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
“Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!”
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(Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar)An expression of incredulity.
“Bollocks! That never happened!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.
Words you can make from bollocks
65 playable · top: BLOCKS (14 pts)
Best play blocks 14 points5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
28 words- BOCK 12 pts
- BOOK 10 pts
- BOSK 10 pts
- COOK 10 pts
- KOBO 10 pts
- KOBS 10 pts
- LOCK 10 pts
- SOCK 10 pts
- BLOC 8 pts
- COBS 8 pts
- KOLO 8 pts
- LOOK 8 pts
- SKOL 8 pts
- SOOK 8 pts
- BOLL 6 pts
- BOLO 6 pts
- BOOS 6 pts
- COLS 6 pts
- COOL 6 pts
- COOS 6 pts
- LOBO 6 pts
- LOBS 6 pts
- LOCO 6 pts
- LOCS 6 pts
- OBOL 6 pts
- SLOB 6 pts
- LOOS 4 pts
- SOLO 4 pts
3-letter words
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