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Bollock

Language; Slang

(British) A ball (in the sense of a dance). A Sloane Ranger witticism said quite unselfconsciously by girls as well as boys, Hunt bollocks and Charity bollocks being regular features in the ...

Bollocking

Language; Slang

(British) A severe telling-off, chastisement or dressing-down 'He was all set for giving me a bollocking for parking where I shouldn't.' (Guardian, 12 December 1987)

Bokoo

Language; Slang

(American) A large quantity or a number of items. The noun form is probably less common than the adjectival. She said how much did you want and I said, bokoo.

Bollock

Language; Slang

(British) To chastise, severely scold or dress down. The word has been used in this way since the early years of the 20th century.

Boggo

Language; Slang

Standard, ordinary (merchandise). This variation of the colloquial 'bog-standard' has been recorded among adult speakers since the 1990s.

Bog in

Language; Slang

(Australian) To begin (a meal), to eat with relish. A vulgar alternative form of the colloquial 'tuck in'.

Brass

Language; Slang

(British) 1. Broke, penniless. Pronounced to rhyme with 'gas', never the southern Eng- lish 'class', this is a short form of boracic or brassick heard among teenagers in the 1990s. 2. A ...