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Synonyms for bollocks

  • verb
  • noun
  • interjection

Most common

ball up blow mess up fluff

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

fluff, mess up, blow, ball up, muck up informal, foul up, botch, botch up informal, bungle, louse up informal, muff, bobble, spoil, flub US AU NZ, bumble, fumble, mishandle, bodge, bollix, bolix US, bollix up slang US

Noun

1. Bullshit — nonsense; rubbish

rubbish UK, bullshit vulgar, balls vulgar informal UK IE, gash vulgar slang UK

Other

fuck-up, screw-up, yarbles vulgar, yarblockos vulgar slang

Interjection

1. Dammit — an expression of anger, frustration, etc

dammit, screw this vulgar slang

Other

bugger off vulgar informal UK IE

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To break.

  2. n. 1

    Nonsense; rubbish.

    That's a load of bollocks, mate!

  3. interj. 1

    An expression of anger, frustration, etc.

    Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!

Related words

Word family
bollock bollocking
Phrases
bollocks up dog's bollocks
Other spellings
ballocks bollox

Forms

Past participle
bollocksed
e.g. bollocksed → fluffed, blown, botched, bungled…

Example sentences

  • blow The loss of her husband was a great blow for Mary.
  • fluff Let's see if I can't fluff up your pillow.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bollocksrising
blowrising
fluffrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
blow1, gash1, muff1, flub
5 letters
balls1, spoil1, fluff1, botch1, bodge, bolix
6 letters
dammit2, fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, bollix
7 letters
rubbish2, yarbles
8 letters
bullshit2
9 letters
mishandle3
10 letters
yarblockos

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dammit2 = 2 syllables).