Usually means: Severe scolding or verbal reprimand.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. bollocking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bollocking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bollocking: Wordnik
  4. bollocking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bollocking: Wiktionary
  6. bollocking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. bollocking: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. bollocking: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Bollocking: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. Bollocking: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (taboo slang, chiefly non-US) A severe reprimand.

Similar:
ballock, egg, ball, nut, gonad, testicle, bullock block, testis, rollicking, tongue lashing, more...

Types:
scolding, reprimand, lecture, dressing down, tongue lashing, earful, more...

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Similar:
ballock, egg, ball, nut, gonad, testicle, bullock block, testis, rollicking, tongue lashing, more...

Types:
scolding, reprimand, lecture, dressing down, tongue lashing, earful, more...



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