bollocking

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noun

A severe reprimand.

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Meanings

nounbollocking (plural bollockings)

plural bollockings

  1. IrelandUKvulgarA severe reprimand.

    "[…] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!"

    2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 42

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
down the banks

Translations

German Anschnauzer, Rüffel
  • Anschnauzersevere reprimand
  • Rüffelsevere reprimand
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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