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# bollocks

«bollocks» in Mova's school dictionary: **Nonsense or rubbish: said when you think something is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural, rude, UK, Ireland, Australia); interjection

### meaning for a pupil

1) (rude, UK) Nonsense or rubbish: said when you think something is untrue or stupid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#m1)

2) (rude) Used as a swear word when you are annoyed, like "damn". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#m2)

3) (very rude, slang) The testicles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#m3)

4) (rude, UK, in "the dog's bollocks") Something excellent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Met in real speech and in adult films and books, never in polite or school writing. It tells the reader a character is angry, rude, or sure something is false. Phrases: talk bollocks, bollocks to that, the dog's bollocks, bollocks something up (make a mess of it).

### examples

- "That's bollocks!" he said when he heard the rumour. (rude) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x1)
- Oh, bollocks — I've missed the bus. (rude) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x2)
- He bollocksed up the whole plan. (rude) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x3)
- Bollocks to that, I'm not doing it. (rude) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x4)
- Teachers would call it "nonsense", not "bollocks". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x5)
- You'll hear it in films, but don't say it in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/#x6)

### note

Rude, swearing: do not use at school or with adults. Polite words: nonsense, rubbish. Mainly British, Irish and Australian; Americans use other words. Also spelled ballocks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bollocks» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bollocks/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.