Bollix — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹbəksˌɪleɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʊlhɔːn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʊlhɔːn/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹbəksˌɪleɪt/.

Examples

I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fumble bungle botch up fuck up bodge fluff louse up blow bumble botch flub muck up bollix up mishandle bollocks ball up screw up mess up foul up bollocks up muff bobble spoil

Parts of Speech

verb	make a mess of, destroy or ruin “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

Word Forms

botcher	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
botch	noun	an embarrassing mistake
bumbler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
fumbler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
flub	noun	an embarrassing mistake
screwup	noun	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
ballup	noun	something badly botched or muddled
spoil	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
spoilage	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
spoiling	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
bungle	noun	an embarrassing mistake
bungler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
fluff	noun	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
foul-up	noun	an embarrassing mistake
mess-up	noun	something badly botched or muddled
fuckup	noun	an embarrassing mistake

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

bollex

fare un pasticcio, distruggere o rovinare

🇷🇺Russian

Болликс

навести беспорядок, уничтожить или испортить

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बोलिक्स

गड़बड़ करना, नष्ट करना या बरबाद करना

🇧🇩Bengali

বলিক্স

একটি বিশৃঙ্খলা করা, ধ্বংস বা ধ্বংস করা

🇮🇳Tamil

பொலிக்ஸ்

ஒரு குழப்பம், அழிக்க அல்லது அழிக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

బొల్లిక్స్

గందరగోళం చేయండి, నాశనం చేయండి లేదా నాశనం చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

बोलिक्स

गोंधळ घालणे, नष्ट करणे किंवा उध्वस्त करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોલિક્સ

ગડબડ કરો, નાશ કરો અથવા વિનાશ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೊಲಿಕ್ಸ್

ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ, ನಾಶಮಾಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹಾಳುಮಾಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബൊളിക്സ്

കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടാക്കുക, നശിപ്പിക്കുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നശിപ്പിക്കുക

🇵🇰Urdu

بولکس

گڑبڑ کرنا، تباہ کرنا یا برباد کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

博利克斯

弄乱、破坏或破坏

🇯🇵Japanese

ボリックス

めちゃくちゃにする、破壊する、または台無しにする

🇰🇷Korean

볼릭스

엉망으로 만들거나 파괴하거나 파멸시키다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bolix

làm lộn xộn, phá hủy hoặc hủy hoại

🇹🇭Thai

โบลิกซ์

ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง, ทำลายหรือทำลาย

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بوليكس

إحداث حالة من الفوضى أو التدمير أو الخراب

🇮🇷Persian

بولیکس

خراب کردن، خراب کردن یا خراب کردن

🇮🇱Hebrew

בוליקס

לעשות בלגן, להרוס או להרוס

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