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BOLLOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pulley-block at the head of a topmast
Synonyms:
bollock; bullock block
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bollock" is a kind of...):
block; pulley; pulley-block; pulley block (a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Example:
she kicked him in the balls and got away
Synonyms:
ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bollock" is a kind of...):
gonad; sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)
male reproductive gland (the reproductive organs of a man)
Meronyms (parts of "bollock"):
arteria testicularis; internal spermatic artery; testicular artery (a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles)
testicular vein; vena testicularis (a vein from the testicles)
seminiferous tubule (any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature)
epididymis (a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens)
rete testis (network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia)
ductus deferens; vas deferens (a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct)
spermatic cord (a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bollock"):
cobblers (a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball))
undescended testicle; undescended testis (a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)
Holonyms ("bollock" is a part of...):
male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)
family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)
