Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A testicle.
- noun Foolish talk; nonsense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun one of the two male reproductive glands; a testis; -- usually spelled
ballock , and usually used in the plural. - noun a pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, vulgar A
testicle . - verb UK, transitive, vulgar, slang To
reprimand severely and grossly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- noun a pulley-block at the head of a topmast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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joe, your thefreedictionary definition is, put simply, incorrect. the word bollock, regardless of how it is spelt, refers to themale genetalia, specifically the testes.
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So, suddenly, for all the people I've ever chatted, there's my real name bollock naked.
bring me the inventor of Google Buzz. so I may hurt him. hradzka 2010
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The word is thought possibly to have its origins in sailing, where a bollock is a pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
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In fact, the police should punch anyone they see that is not bollock-naked with their hands up, lest they have a concealed weapon and are about to attack.
Replace Police With Spin Doctors « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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“In fact, the police should punch anyone they see that is not bollock-naked with their hands up, lest they have a concealed weapon and are about to attack.”
Replace Police With Spin Doctors « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Ali CatterallFrank William H Macy is at the benefits office having his health checked when they find an extra bollock.
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Here we get Jesus with mouse ears and a squashed bollock of a face, monsters in fishnets, and several portraits giving our queen the Condo treatment.
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I can vouch for the fact that managers take delight in doing nothing other than following their underlings around to bollock them for not complying with whatever made-up procedure springs to mind.
Ground Control To Major Tom. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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To the rest of the week's releases, Mount Wittenberg Orca is like what Chanel No 5 is to bollock sweat.
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I mean this both in terms of quality (Chanel No 5 smells nicer) and pretension (nobody has ever accused bollock sweat of putting on airs and graces).
peekaboo78 commented on the word bollock
Never mind them.
October 3, 2025