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bollocks

bol·locks

UK/ˈbɒ.ləks/ US/ˈbɔlɔks/ fairly common uk

verb

1.

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

  • “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”
  • “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
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Origin

From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.

Phrases

  • Billy Big Bollocks
  • Billy bollocks
  • bollock up
  • bollocks more like
  • bollocks to it
  • bollocks up
  • kick bollocks scramble
  • kick in the bollocks
  • the dog's bollocks

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