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bollockbol‧lock /ˈbɒlək $ ˈbɑː-/ verb [transitive]   VERB TABLEbollock (BrE) |
| Present | I, you, we, they | bollock (BrE) | | he, she, it | bollocks (BrE) | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bollocked (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bollocked (BrE) | | he, she, it | has bollocked (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bollocked (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bollock | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bollocked (BrE) |
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| Present | I | am bollocking (BrE) | | he, she, it | is bollocking (BrE) | | you, we, they | are bollocking (BrE) | | Past | I, he, she, it | was bollocking (BrE) | | you, we, they | were bollocking (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bollocking (BrE) | | he, she, it | has been bollocking (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bollocking (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bollocking (BrE) | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bollocking (BrE) |
to tell someone off very angrily or loudly► give somebody hell informal to shout at someone and make them suffer for doing something wrong: · I'd better go. My wife will give me hell if I'm late home again.· Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I'd mistreated her best friend. ► yell at especially American to shout at or talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong or annoying: · It was so embarrassing - he just started yelling at his wife.get yelled at spoken: · I got yelled at at school because I was wearing the wrong shirt. ► chew out American informal to talk very angrily to someone for a long time about something wrong that they have done: chew somebody out: · Even his mother used to chew him out in public.chew out somebody: · The Senate science and space subcommittee chewed out NASA for failing to conduct the necessary tests.chew somebody out for something/chew out somebody for something: · The boss called Diane into his office and chewed her out for losing the Thurman account. ► read somebody the riot act informal to tell someone off and warn them about what will happen if they continue with their bad behaviour: · They'll read him the riot act if he ever shows his face again. ► give somebody a dressing down to tell someone off, especially in a way that makes them look stupid: give sb a dressing down for: · Elise was delighted I rang, but gave me a terrible dressing down for not ringing before or sending a postcard. ► bollock somebody/give somebody a bollocking British informal to tell someone off by shouting at them. These are rude phrases: · Being bollocked by your daughter is a bit hard to take.bollock sb/give sb a bollocking for: · My dad gave me a real bollocking for crashing his car. British English spoken informal to tell someone angrily that you do not like what they have done:  I’ll bollock him for sticking his rubbish in my cupboard. |