bristol

bris·tol
B3R1I1S1T1O1L1
/ˈbɹɪstəl/

noun

A woman's breast

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

bristol1

nounbristol (plural bristols)

plural bristols

  1. Cockneyplural normallyslangA woman's breast

    Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags.

    2010, William Regal, Walking a Golden Mile

Bristol2

proper noun

alternative obsolete Bristole · alternative obsolete Brigstow · alternative obsolete Bristou · alternative obsolete Bristow · alternative informal Brizzle

  1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
  2. Several places in Canada:
    1. A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
    2. A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.
    3. A community in Region of Queens municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A populated place in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
  4. A populated place in Cornwall County, Jamaica.
  5. A populated place in Loreto department, Peru.
  6. Several places in the United States:
    1. A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat.
    2. A former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
  7. A surname from Old English.
nounBristol (countable and uncountable, plural Bristols)

plural Bristols · alternative obsolete Bristole · alternative obsolete Brigstow · alternative obsolete Bristou · alternative obsolete Bristow · alternative informal Brizzle

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).

    Synonyms: Bristol board

  2. countabletiddlywinksA shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.

    In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.

    2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 93

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).

Origin

bristol · noun

Shortened from Bristol City, the name of an English football team, for titty.

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Bristol · proper noun, noun

  1. Old EnglishBryċġstōw
  2. Middle EnglishBristowe
  3. EnglishBristol

Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

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Translations

Arabic بْرِسْتُول or بْرِيسْتُول
  • بْرِسْتُول or بْرِيسْتُول (bristūl)city in south-west England
Bengali ব্রিস্টোল
  • ব্রিস্টোল (brisṭōl)city in south-west England
Bulgarian Брѝстъл
  • Брѝстъл (Brìstăl)city in south-west England
Chinese Cantonese 碧仙桃
  • 碧仙桃 (bik¹ sin¹ tou⁴)city in south-west England
Chinese Mandarin 布里斯托爾, 布里斯托
  • 布里斯托爾 (Bùlǐsītuō'ěr)city in south-west England
  • 布里斯托 (Bùlǐsītuō)city in south-west England
Esperanto Bristolo
  • Bristolocity in south-west England
French Bristol
  • Bristolcity in south-west England
Greek Μπρίστολ
  • Μπρίστολ (Brístol)city in south-west England
Hebrew בריסטול
  • בריסטול (brisṭol)city in south-west England
Hindi ब्रिस्टोल
  • ब्रिस्टोल (brisṭol)city in south-west England
Irish Briostó
  • Briostócity in south-west England
Japanese ブリストル
  • ブリストル (Burisutoru)city in south-west England
Korean 브리스톨
  • 브리스톨 (Beuriseutol)city in south-west England
Latin Bristolium
  • Bristoliumcity in south-west England
Latvian Bristole
  • Bristolecity in south-west England
Lithuanian Bristolis
  • Bristoliscity in south-west England
Polish Bristol
  • Bristolcity in south-west England
Portuguese Bristol
  • Bristolcity in south-west England
Punjabi ਬ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟੋਲ
  • ਬ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟੋਲ (brisṭol)city in south-west England
Russian Бристо́ль
  • Бристо́ль (Bristólʹ)city in south-west England
Tamil ப்ரிஸ்டோல்
  • ப்ரிஸ்டோல் (prisṭōl)city in south-west England
Thai บริซโทล
  • บริซโทลcity in south-west England
Turkish Bristol
  • Bristolcity in south-west England
Ukrainian Бристоль
  • Бристоль (Brystolʹ)city in south-west England
Welsh Bryste
  • Brystecity in south-west England

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

bristol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristol

MLA

“bristol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristol. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bristol,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristol.

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