bollocking en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, vulgar) A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bollockings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
de Anschnauzer (severe reprimand) · de Rüffel (severe reprimand)