bollocks

Other forms of bollocks

past tense

bollocksed·

present participle

bollocksing·

third person

bollockses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bollocks

What does bollocks mean?

bollocks means "make a mess of, destroy or ruin".

How many syllables are in bollocks?

bollocks has 2 syllables: bol-locks. The stress falls on "bol". In IPA it is /ˈbɔlɔks/.

What is another word for bollocks?

Close synonyms include botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bollocks a common word?

bollocks is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.