bollock

English

Alternative forms

ballock

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.lək/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒlək

Noun

bollock (plural bollocks)

(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
You've got a bollock hanging out of your shorts.

Derived terms

Translations

(vulgar, slang) testicle

Catalan: colló (ca) m
Czech: koule (cs) f
Danish: nosse c
Dutch: bal (nl), kloot (nl)
Finnish: palli (fi)
French: couille (fr), rouston (fr) m, pruneau (fr) m, bonbon (fr) m
Galician: collón m
Georgian: სათესლე (satesle), სათესლე ჯირკვალი (satesle ǯirḳvali), ყვერი (q̇veri) (vulgar), კვერცხი (ḳvercxi) (mildly vulgar)
German: Hoden (de), Ei (de) n
Greek: αρχίδι (el) n (archídi)
Hungarian: tök (hu), here (hu), golyó (hu), mogyoró (hu)
Italian: coglione (it) m
Malay: telur (ms)
Old French: coille
Russian: яйцо́ (ru) n (jajcó)
Spanish: cojón (es) m
Ukrainian: яйце́ (uk) n (jajcé)

Verb

bollock (third-person singular simple present bollocks, present participle bollocking, simple past and past participle bollocked)

(British, transitive, vulgar, slang) To reprimand severely and grossly.
The boss bollocked me for coming in late.

The goalkeeper gave his defenders a bollocking when they made a mistake.

Translations

(vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly

Bavarian: zåmmpfeifn, zåmmputzn, zåmmscheißn, zåmmstauchn
Dutch: uitkafferen (nl)
French: engueuler (fr), pourrir (fr), tancer (fr), mettre une chasse (fr), passer un savon (fr)
German: anschnauzen (de), anscheißen (de), zusammenscheißen (de), zusammenstauchen (de)
Greek: χέζω (el) (chézo)
Russian: дрючить (ru) impf (drjučitʹ)