bollix (redirected from bolloxing)

bol·lix also bol·lox  (blks)

tr.v. bol·lixed also bol·loxed, bol·lix·ing also bol·lox·ing, bol·lix·es also bol·lox·es Informal

To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.

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[Alteration of ballocks, testicles, from Middle English balloks, from Old English beallucas; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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bollix n.

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Verb

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bollix - 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 up, bollocks, 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"