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bollock

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bollock

1
n
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
2
n
a pulley-block at the head of a topmast
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bollock
1

n one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Synonyms:
ball, ballock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis
Types:
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
Type of:
gonad, sex gland
a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
male reproductive gland
the reproductive organs of a man
2

n a pulley-block at the head of a topmast

Synonyms:
bullock block
Type 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
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