单词 | bollocks |
释义 | bollocksv. slang. transitive. To make a mess of, ruin; to botch, bungle. Frequently with up. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. bollock n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1901 E. P. Alexander Let. 19 Apr. in G. W. Gallagher Third Day at Gettysburg (1994) 47 Never, never, never did Gen. Lee himself bollox a fight as he did this. 1927 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 21 Sept. 5/2 Half of the plays..are bolloxed up because one or two players don't know where they are supposed to go. 1937 J. Weidman I can get it for you Wholesale 36 Watch your script... You're getting your cues all bollixed up. 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 139 So rather I should tell it and maybe bollix up the whole thing, it's better that it should come from Billie. 1953 C. Armstrong Catch-as-catch-can xxii. 177 That skunk..bolluxed Pearl's radio. 1991 Q Aug. 64/2 He's bollocksed the lock up with the wrong key. 1999 R. Curtis Notting Hill 66 I'm sorry I'm so late. Bollocksed up at work again, I fear. Millions down the drain. 2006 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Metro section) 1 Florida State Prison authorities completely bollixed the insertion of needles into the condemned man's arm. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bollocksint. Expressing frustration, regret, or annoyance: ‘damn’, ‘blast’. Also expressing disbelief or dismissal (of a statement, idea, etc.): ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’. bollocks to ——: (expressing dismissal) ‘to hell with ——’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection] strawc1412 tilly-vallya1529 flam-flirt1590 fiddlestick1600 fiddle-faddle1671 stuff1701 snuff1725 fudge1766 fiddlededeea1784 rats1816 havers1825 humbug1825 gammon1827 rubbish1839 pickles1846 rot1846 skittle1864 slush1869 flapdoodle1878 quatsch1907 phooey1908 tommyrot1931 balls1938 no shit1939 bollocks1940 phonus-bolonus1955 hockey1961 leave it out!1969 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damn1589 damnationa1616 damme1645 darn1781 darned1808 by darn1840 doggone1857 dammit1894 hot damn1929 bollocks1940 dammit1956 1940 P. Larkin Let. 9 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 4 I suppose my writing is terrible. Sod & ballocks, anyway. Not to mention cunt and fuck. 1947 R. Briffault New Life Mr. Martin xi. 248 ‘If that ain't the gammon, that there nark was putting up a moment gone,’ Bluey said. ‘Bollocks, bloody bollocks!’ 1954 W. Golding Lord of Flies v. 114 Bollocks to the rules! 1961 A. Sillitoe Key to Door v. 85 ‘Bollocks,’ he shouted to Bert, making his way on all fours over tin cans and ashes towards him. 1971 D. Robinson Goshawk Squadron ix. 145 ‘What d'you want to do?’ ‘Oh, bollocks, I don't know.’ 1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 456 ‘I cannot stand idly by and allow a fellow prisoner to suffer.’.. ‘Ballocks!’ Carne interrupted. ‘You kneecapped a business rival with six-inch nails.’ 2000 Courier (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) 22 Feb. 13/3 This experience has taught me the real value and importance of money... Bollocks to that, my exams end tomorrow and I've saved a bundle this week, wehay! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1901int.1940 |
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