bollocks

bol·locks  (blks)

n. Vulgar Slang

1. The testicles.

2. Nonsense.

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[Middle English balloks; see bollix.]

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bollocks [ˈbɒləks], ballocks US, bollix [ˈbɒlɪks] Slang

pl n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) another word for testicles

2. nonsense; rubbish

interj

1. an exclamation of annoyance, disbelief, etc

the (dog's) bollocks something excellent

vb (usually foll by up)

to muddle or botch

[Old English beallucas, diminutive (pl) of beallu (unattested); see ball¹]

Usage: Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bollocks - 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" bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

Translations

bollocks [ˈbɒləks] (Brit)

A. NPL → cojones mpl

B. N (= nonsense) → pavadas fpl, huevadas fpl (Andes, Chile)

bollocks [ˈbɒləks] (British)

excl → quelles conneries fpl !

npl → couilles fpl >

bollocks

pl (sl)

→ Eier pl (sl)

(= nonsense) (that’s) bollocks! → Quatsch mit Soße! (inf); he was talking bollocks → der hat einen Scheiß geredet (inf)

bollocks [ˈbɒləks] npl (fam!) to talk a load of bollocks → dire stronzate or cazzate (fam!)