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单词 bollock
释义

bollockn.adj.

Brit. /ˈbɒlək/, U.S. /ˈbɑlək/, /ˈbɔlək/
Forms:

α. Old English bealluc, early Middle English bealloc, Middle English balloc, Middle English ballok, Middle English balloke, Middle English ballokke, Middle English balluc, Middle English balluk, Middle English balok, Middle English–1500s balock, Middle English–1600s ballocke, Middle English– ballock, late Middle English balloqes (plural), 1500s balocke, 1800s ballach, 1900s– ballick; also Scottish pre-1700 ballok, pre-1700 bellok.

β. late Middle English bollok, late Middle English 1700s– bollock, 1900s– bollick, 1900s– bolluck; also Scottish pre-1700 bollok.

γ. (In plural form) 1600s 1900s– ballox, 1800s– bollix, 1800s– bollox, 1900s– ballix, 1900s– bollixes, 1900s– bollux, 1900s– bollyx, 1900s– bullox; also Scottish pre-1700 bellox.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ball n.1, -ock suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < ball n.1 (although this is first attested later) + -ock suffix. Compare ball n.1 12.The α. forms predominate in early use (until at least the 17th cent.), but the β. forms are now more common. (The β. forms are of uncertain phonological development, perhaps showing rounding as a result of the influence of a preceding labial consonant: for some possible parallels see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §194 note 3.) The word is sometimes written with asterisks, dashes, etc., to represent suppressed letters, so as to avoid the charge of obscenity. The form bollixes shows a morphological double plural. In sense A. 5, short for dog's bollocks n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3d With bollock knife n. at Compounds perhaps compare classical Latin clūnāculum sacrificial knife (apparently < clūnis hindquarters, buttocks, haunches). Also attested early as a byname (Mataðan Balluc (a1035)), and in place names, as Ballocþorn (1275; Derbyshire, now lost), Balloklaw (1415; now Bullock Low, Derbyshire).
colloquial and slang in later use.
A. n.
1. Usually in plural. A testicle.Apparently in standard use until the 17th cent., after which the word is regarded as coarse slang. N.E.D. (1885, at Ballock) notes: ‘Obs. in polite use.’ It appears in all editions of Bailey (1721–1800), but not in Johnson.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles
bollockeOE
codOE
stone1154
balla1325
cullionc1386
genitoriesa1387
pendantsa1400
bollock stone?a1425
testiclec1425
jewelc1475
dimissariesa1513
dowsetc1560
pill1608
bauble1654
Aaron's bells1681
nutmegs1690
codlings?1691
testis1704
spermarium1861
spermary1864
marblesa1866
nut1865
knackers1866
rock1918
cobbler1934
plum1934
gooly1937
nad1964
cojones1966
nadgers1967
noonies1972
α.
eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 29 Testiculi, beallucas.
c1350 Nominale in MS Cambr. Ee.4.20 f. 42 Coyloun, ballok.
a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Lev. xxii. 24 Al beeste that..kitt and taken awey the ballokes is.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 73 Castours..whan they ben honted..byte wyth their teeth their owne genytoirs or ballocks and lete them falle.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciij Cruddy and kyrnele, as is the flesshe of the ballockes.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. i. 4 The ballocks of Lorraine, which never dwell in Codpieces, but fall down to the bottome of the breeches.
a1680 in Earl of Rochester Poems (1680) 73 Against the Charmes our Ballocks have, How weak all humane skill is.
1706 R. Feilding Let. Gen. Fielding to Sir C. D. (single sheet) Kiss my Arse is too vulgar; Kiss my Ballocks.
1737 tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. 176 Nay truly,..Fryar John, my left Ballock, I will believe thee, for thou dealest plain with me.
1863 J. C. Richmond Let. 4 Apr. in T. P. Lowry Story Soldiers wouldn't Tell (1994) xv. 160 The ‘ramrod and ballocks’, even now larger, stiff and rising at the thought.
c1890 Stag Party Jupiter..grabbed hold of the cuss by the neck and the ballachs.
1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These viii. 211 If he lived till he was ninety and he met any of them in Kilcaddie High Street he'd still want to kick the ballocks off them.
1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse x. 438 Water..at first so hot it's uncomfortable; men make interesting faces when they feel their ballocks about to be cooked.
β. a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xlviii Oþer membres ben grounde..of þe vertue of gendring, as þe bollock stones þat hatte testiculi in latine.1744 School of Venus in D. Thomas Long Time Burning (1969) 362 You..can now without blushing call prick, stones, bollocks, cunt, tarse and the like names.1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 114/2 Bollox, male testicles.1874 Lett. from Friend in Paris II. 158 At the same time handling the noble bollocks.1948 I. Wolfert Act of Love 514 Here's your bollix hanging down.1968 Landfall 22 17 Fine specimen of a lad, my Monty. All bollocks and beef.1999 Muzik Nov. 52 After they had operated on my bollock, I remember lying in a ward in hospital.2002 S. Burke Deadwater x. 104 I'll have your bollocks for earrings, you wait.
2. In singular and plural. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various plants, esp. several kinds of orchid having tubers which resemble testicles. Cf. bollock grass n., bollockwort n. at Compounds. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in mouse-ballock n. at mouse n. Compounds 2c.fool's, hare's, sweet ballocks: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
?a1425 (a1400) Alphita (Sloane) 184 Testiculus muris folia habet ualde parua, museballok.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball ii. 128 b Whyt satyrion..or in other more vnmanerly speche, hares ballockes.
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 21 v, in Bulwarke of Defence This Testiculus, or sauing your reuence Ballocke Flower, hath two stones, and named Orchis.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lix. 225 The floures..speckled with smal speckes of a deeper purple, like to Cuckow Orchis, or fooles ballockes.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 169 Orchis spiralis..[is called] of some sweete Ballocks.
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 94 There's Standergras, Hares ballockes, or great Orchis.
3. Nautical. Usually in plural. Either of two blocks fastened to the topsail-yard of a sailing ship, for the topsail-ties to reeve through. Also attributive (in singular), as bollock block. Now rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > through which ties of yards reeved
tie-block1745
bollock1799
hanging-block1867
1799 Vocab. Sea Phrases II. 201 Poulies d'itague de driffe des huniers. Bollock blocks.
1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario Marítimo Español (at cited word) Bollock blocks. Montones de ostaga de las drizas de gavia.
1898 A. Ansted Dict. Sea Terms Bollocks, blocks secured to the middle of the topsail yards in large ships; the topsail ties pass through them, and thereby gain an increase of power in lifting the yards.
1955 C. W. T. Layton Dict. Naut. Words 52 Bollocks, Blocks in bunt of topsail yards of large ships. Topsail ties are rove through them to increase lifting power.
4. figurative. In plural.
a. Chiefly Irish English. A stupid, contemptible, or blundering man or boy.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]
mafflardc1450
juffler15..
dromedary1567
madbrain1570
batie buma1586
addle-head1592
blunderkin1596
nit1598
addle-pate1601
hash1655
blunderbuss1692
blunderhead1692
shaffles1703
fog-pate1732
blunderer1741
puzzle-pate1761
slouch1767
étourdi1768
botch1769
puddle1782
bumble1789
scatter-brain1790
addle-brain1799
puzzle-head1815
shaffler1828
chowderhead1833
muddlehead1833
muddler1833
flounderer1836
duffer1842
muddle-pate1844
plug1848
incompetent1866
schlemiel1868
dinlo1873
drumble-dore1881
hodmandod1881
dub1887
prune1895
foozler1896
bollock1916
messer1926
Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942
spaz1965
spastic1981
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 272 I'm a ballocks—he said, shaking his head in despair.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 280 Who's the old ballocks you were talking to?
1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy i. 81 He..had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James.
1971 ‘H. Leonard’ Patrick Pearse Motel 14 Her and some bollix.
1999 in D. Bolger Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel 46 He thought he was being clever, the gobshite—he asks, he asks, ‘Seeing as I'm so virtuous, would I consider myself a modest man?’ The fecking bollocks.
2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. 22 I'll be carrying a walking stick, no hair, no teeth and someone will say: ‘There's that bollix who rowed with Roy Keane.’
b. Nonsense, rubbish. Also (with singular agreement): a mess, a muddle, confusion. Cf. ball n.1 12b(a).
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]
magged talea1387
moonshine1468
trumperyc1485
foolishness1531
trash1542
baggage1545
flim-flam1570
gear1570
rubbisha1576
fiddle-faddle1577
stuff1579
fible-fable1581
balductum1593
pill1608
nonsense1612
skimble-skamble1619
porridge1642
mataeology1656
fiddle-come-faddle1663
apple sauce1672
balderdash1674
flummery1749
slang1762
all my eye1763
diddle-daddle1778
(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781
twaddle1782
blancmange1790
fudge1791
twiddle-twaddle1798
bothering1803
fee-faw-fum1811
slip-slop1811
nash-gab1816
flitter-tripe1822
effutiation1823
bladderdash1826
ráiméis1828
fiddlededee1843
pickles1846
rot1846
kelter1847
bosh1850
flummadiddle1850
poppycock1852
Barnum1856
fribble-frabble1859
kibosh1860
skittle1864
cod1866
Collyweston1867
punk1869
slush1869
stupidness1873
bilge-water1878
flapdoodle1878
tommyrot1880
ruck1882
piffle1884
flamdoodle1888
razzmatazz1888
balls1889
pop1890
narrischkeit1892
tosh1892
footle1894
tripe1895
crap1898
bunk1900
junk1906
quatsch1907
bilge1908
B.S.1912
bellywash1913
jazz1913
wash1913
bullshit?1915
kid-stakes1916
hokum1917
bollock1919
bullsh1919
bushwa1920
noise1920
bish-bosh1922
malarkey1923
posh1923
hooey1924
shit1924
heifer dust1927
madam1927
baloney1928
horse feathers1928
phonus-bolonus1929
rhubarb1929
spinach1929
toffeea1930
tomtit1930
hockey1931
phoney baloney1933
moody1934
cockalorum1936
cock1937
mess1937
waffle1937
berley1941
bull dust1943
crud1943
globaloney1943
hubba-hubba1944
pish1944
phooey1946
asswipe1947
chickenshit1947
slag1948
batshit1950
goop1950
slop1952
cack1954
doo-doo1954
cobbler1955
horse shit1955
nyamps1955
pony1956
horse manure1957
waffling1958
bird shit1959
codswallop1959
how's your father1959
dog shit1963
cods1965
shmegegge1968
pucky1970
taradiddle1970
mouthwash1971
wank1974
gobshite1977
mince1985
toss1990
arse1993
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of
follyc1300
absurditya1525
mumpsimus1531
trim-tram1533
foppery1546
ridicle1570
fangle1583
delirium1599
monstruosity1601
adox1606
absurd1610
extravagancy1625
incongruitya1626
monstrosity1639
extravagant1644
extravagance1650
ridiculea1658
fadoodlea1670
ridiculous1674
irrationalitya1680
ridiculosity1773
whimsy-whamsy1807
absurdism1815
nonsensity1834
nonsensical1842
nonsensicalitya1850
fandango1856
fandangle1880
bollock1919
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle
miscarriage1590
bungle1656
bumble1823
boggle1834
muff1867
car wreck1877
mismove1877
miscue1882
muddle1884
bobble1887
mess-up1902
floater1913
bollock1919
fluff1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
snafu1943
foul-up1944
fuck-up1949
clusterfuck1969
car crash1992
dumpster fire2008
omnishambles2009
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 12 Bollocks (n. or adj.), absurd; an absurdity.
1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 3 Apr. (1968) I. 215 My novel..would have been out a month ago if it had not been for all that bollux about libel.
1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 193 For God's sake, don't talk ballocks, Johnson.
1950 G. Wilson Brave Company (1951) ix. 159 Christ, what a bollocks.
1969 It 11–24 Apr. 15/3 It's really a load of bollocks.
1979 K. Amis Coll. Poems 133 All that double-think..Is the ballocks it always was.
1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 531 It was ballocks, Pyle decided. It was grossly unfair.
2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Dec. a1 The system is a complete bollix, as far as I can tell.
5. In plural. With the. = dog's bollocks n. (b) at dog n.1 Compounds 3d.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > highest class of excellence
tiptoppishness1855
tiptopness1891
bollocks1981
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing
carbunclea1350
swanc1386
phoenixc1400
diamondc1440
broocha1464
surmounterc1500
sovereign?a1513
primrose peerless1523
superlative1577
transcendent1593
Arabian birda1616
crack1637
first rate1681
peach1710
phoenicle1711
admiration1717
spanker1751
first-raterc1760
no slouch of1767
nailer1806
tip-topper1822
ripper1825
ripstaver1828
apotheosis1832
clinker1836
clipper1836
bird1839
keener1839
ripsnorter1840
beater1845
firecracker1845
pumpkin1845
screamer1846
stunner1847
bottler1855
beaut1866
bobby-dazzler1866
one out of the box1867
stem-winder1875
corker1877
trimmer1878
hot stuff1884
daisy1886
jim-dandy1887
cracker1891
jim-hickey1895
peacherino1896
pippin1897
alpha plus1898
peacherine1900
pip1900
humdinger1905
bosker1906
hummer1907
good egg1914
superstar1914
the berries1918
bee's knee1923
the cat's whiskers1923
smash1923
smash hit1923
brahma1925
dilly1935
piss-cutter1935
killer1937
killer-diller1938
a hard act to follow1942
peacheroo1942
bitch1946
brammerc1950
hot shit1960
Tiffany1973
bollocks1981
1981 Superbike Sept. 30 (heading) The Absolute Bollocks.
1993 Echoes 25 Dec. 20/3 Check the superb organ solos on Dr Magic, and the full-on disco madness of Blow Your Whistle if you still don't believe. Knock me down with a feather guv, this is the bollocks.
1995 Loaded July 124/4 It was me who had a penthouse suite overlooking the harbour and Opera House. It was the bollocks—it even said ‘Greetings Mr Beer’ on the telly.
2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler i. 4 I wasn't impressed at all by what I saw and told him so. ‘Malcolm, if this lot here are really the bollocks, then one day I could be the best player in the world.’
B. adj.
Short for bollock naked adj. at Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
1950 G. Wilson Brave Company viii. 122 He's stark bollock.
2001 Mirror (Nexis) 23 Feb. 32 Back-stage, it's utterly freezing. It makes me laugh sometimes, when I'm standing there, stark-bollock.

Phrases

P1. British slang (originally and chiefly Military). to drop a bollock: to make a serious mistake. Cf. to drop a brick at brick n.1 and adj.1 Phrases 7, to drop a clanger at clanger n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)]
shail1528
blunder1711
floor1835
to make a bloomer1889
pull1913
to drop a brick1916
boob1935
to put up a black1939
goof1941
to screw up1942
to drop a bollock1948
to drop a clanger1948
to cock up1974
1942 G. Lersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson iii. 16 ‘He dropped you a ——’ and he names an essential appendage of the masculine anatomy..that never comes singly. To drop one of these, in the jargon of the Guardsmen, is to make a serious blunder. To drop one for someone else is to let him down.]
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 62 Drop a bollock, clanger, goolie, to make a serious blunder. To drop a bollock for someone was to get him in trouble, let him down.
1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard ii. 45 You see why this is such a valuable form of instruction. They'll never drop a bollock like that again. You see them maturing overnight.
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xi. 119 Rival regiments..wait for him ‘to make a major Horlicks’. ‘If you drop a bollock..,’ said one who only just survived the experience, ‘you've had it.’
2000 Front Oct. 92/2 Consternation showed clearly on their faces. Someone had dropped quite a bollock.
P2. British slang. to —— one's bollocks off: to —— intensely, vigorously, or to excess. Cf. to work one's arse off at arse n. and int. Phrases 5a.Virtually any verb denoting intense or continuous effort may appear in this formation, although to work is the most common.
ΚΠ
1981 P. Willis Learning to Labor ii. 14 Bannister's there sweating, sweating his bollocks off all day while Spanksy's doing fuck all, and he's enjoying it.
1989 Independent 15 Mar. 21/4 I don't mind working my bollocks off.
1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 10 Oct. Jebb laughed his bollocks off.
1995 Private Eye 20 Oct. 5/2 They had him walking his bollocks off. Up and out by five, a trip to the pier before and after breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner—plus a midnight constitutional.
1998 E. Brimson Hooligan xxxii. 94 Stanard was rushing his bollocks off on the violence.
2002 Independent (Nexis) 13 May I saw this woman working her bollocks off—cleaning, tidying up, shopping—while all he did was order her around.

Compounds

bollock cod n. Obsolete the scrotum.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles > integument of
codOE
pursec1395
bollock codc1450
codwarea1475
scrotum1598
tunica vaginalis1828
ball bag1955
nutsack1970
ball sack1974
scrote1975
bawbag1999
dicksack2009
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 599/1 Omembrana, a balluc cod.
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 677 Piga, a balloke code.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hiv Fylthy mater..descendeth sooner in to ye ballocke coddes, whan a man is greued or broken than any other gutte.
bollock grass n. (also ballocks grass) [after early modern Dutch cullekens cruyt (1554 in the passage translated in quot. 1578); there is no equivalent in the Middle French translation of Dodoens] now historical any of several kinds of orchid having tubers which resemble testicles.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 222 Some cal it also Orchis..Ballock grasse [Du. Cullekens cruyt]..and Bastard Satyrion.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxiii. 216 Ballocks-grass, or Satyrium..is only nourishing in the full, heavy and sappy root.
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 23 Ballock Grass..Orchis mascula.
2000 E. Hansen Orchid Fever vi. 89 ‘Orchid ice cream,’ she said. ‘Made from what the Renaissance nurserymen called “bollock grass”.’
bollock-hafted adj. Obsolete having a haft with knobs.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [adjective] > of dagger: having specific handle
bollock-hafted1437
dudgeon1542
1437–8 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 63 (MED) Unum dagar ballokhefted.
1459 Paston Lett. (1904) III. 177 Item, j bollok haftyd dager harnesyd wyth sylver, and j chape thertoo.
bollock knife n. now historical probably: a bollock-hafted knife. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) suggests: ‘? one worn at the girdle.’
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives
bollock knifec1400
paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 121 A ballokknyf with botones ouergylte.
2003 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 23 Aug. 8 The bollock knife, renamed by prudish Victorians the ballock knife or kidney dagger.
bollock naked adj. completely naked, stark naked.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 581 See them there stark ballocknaked.
1975 K. Tynan Diary 28 Aug. (2001) 264 Occasionally I would just tie her up, bollock-naked, stick a few things up her bum and cunt, and go out to the pictures.
1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 274 Whisked into the examination-room and ordered to strip, and not just to her undies, but ballock-naked.
2005 A. Masters Stuart xi. 98 They've bent me up, put me in the strip cell, stripped me clothes off me, left me stark bollock naked.
bollock stone n. Obsolete (usually in plural) a testicle; = sense A. 1.In quot. 1540 as a term of endearment for a man.
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?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 76v (MED) Standilgose..havith knobbis in the rotis lyke ballok stonys.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 314 I haue brysten both my balok-stones, So fast hyed I hedyr.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Rijv Aco. Wylt thou gold .i. any pieces of golde? Lais. This chayne my lyttell prycke [L. mea mentula] .i. I wolde fayne haue this chayne (of golde) my pretye pryncockes, or my ballocke stones.
bollockwort n. [compare classical Latin orchis orchis n.] Obsolete a kind of orchid; cf. sense A. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
?a1300 MS Bodl. 130 in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1866) III. 313 (MED) Herba priapisci, i. beallocwirt.
?a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 609/31 Saturia, ballokwort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bollockv.

Brit. /ˈbɒlək/, U.S. /ˈbɑlək/, /ˈbɔlək/
Forms: see bollock n. and adj.; also 1800s bullock (in sense 1).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bollock n.
Etymology: < bollock n. Compare earlier bollocking n.
slang.
1. intransitive. In a fight: to grab an opponent's testicles forcefully. Now rare.Usually in collocation with bite and gouge.
ΚΠ
1787 G. Greive in tr. F. J. de Chastellux Trav. N.-Amer. II. 192 (note) In their combats..they are admitted ‘to bite, b-ll-ck, and goudge’.
1833 Foreign Q. Rev. 11 9 Had they turned off the king's highway..they might have found..specimens of private battle, wherein the combatants lay down on the earth, side by side, to ‘kick, ballock, and bite’.
1957 G. Kersh Fowler's End xvi. 329 Step right up, gentlemen; bite, bollock, or gouge.
2. transitive. Chiefly British. To reprimand or tell off severely.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
dressc1405
wipe1523
to take up1530
whip1530
to shake upa1556
trounce1607
castigatea1616
lasha1616
objurgate1616
thunderstrike1638
snub1672
drape1683
cut1737
rowa1798
score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
slate1840
drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
lambaste1886
ruck1899
bollock1901
bawl1903
scrub1911
burn1914
to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
brass1943
rocket1948
bitch1952
tee1955
fan-
1901 Truth (Brisbane) 31 Mar. 2/6 When gurls sez to the Kosher-man, Why do you run us in Instead of bollicking the bloak As [printed Ar] takes the Coin of Sin?
1942 A. Lewis Last Inspection xiii. 144 He'd gone round bollucking them [sc. his men] right and left.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days v. 63 He had been bollocking a sick man.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xi. 95 I got ballocked left, right and centre.
1998 R. Ray Certain Age 203 Not a nice smile, not a proper smile, but the kind of smile you can't get rid of when you watch your little brother getting bollocked.
2000 C. Firth in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 62 I got quite a long and very boring telling off..for being late, and I told her why, so she bollocked me for that as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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