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BOLLOCKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bollocks mean? 

BOLLOCKS (verb)
  The verb BOLLOCKS has 1 sense:

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruinplay

  Familiarity information: BOLLOCKS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOLLOCKS (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

flub; spoil; screw up; muff; muck up; mishandle; mess up; louse up; fumble; fuck up; foul up; fluff; ball up; bungle; bumble; botch up; botch; bollocks up; bollocks; bollix up; bollix; bodge; bobble; blow

Context example:

the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Hypernyms (to "bollocks" is one way to...):

fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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