PILLOCK

Meaning of PILLOCK in English

/ ˈpɪlək; NAmE / noun

( BrE , slang ) a stupid person

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: variant of archaic pillicock penis , the early sense of pillock in northern English .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PILLOCK — ■ noun Brit. informal a stupid person. Origin C16: var. of archaic pillicock 'penis'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PILLOCK — pillock BrE AmE ˈpɪl ək ▷ pillock|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PILLOCK — pil ‧ lock /ˈpɪlək/ BrE AmE noun [countable] British English informal a very stupid person
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PILLOCK — n. Brit. sl. a stupid person; a fool. [16th c., = penis (var. of pillicock): 20th c. in sense defined]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILLOCK — n. Brit. sl. a stupid person; a fool. [ 16th c., = penis (var. of pillicock): 20th c. in sense …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILLOCK — n. Brit. sl. a stupid person; a fool. Etymology: 16th c., penis (var. of pillicock): 20th c. in sense defined
Oxford English vocab
PILLOCK — ( pillocks) If you call someone a pillock , you are showing that you think they are very stupid. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILLOCK — (~s) If you call someone a ~, you are showing that you think they are very stupid. (BRIT INFORMAL) The …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PILLOCK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And this pillock that owned the house later painted over it with emulsion. ▪ Surely …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILLOCK — [noun] [C] [UK] [slang] - a stupid or silly personThe man's a complete pillock.You pillock, look what you've done! [as …
Cambridge English vocab
PILLOCK — Mild insult - an idiot in the nicest possible way Example: When a friend says or does something stuid, you …
Slang English vocab
PILLOCK — сущ.; сл. идиот Syn : idiot, imbecile
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PILLOCK — _n. _жарг. идиот
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PILLOCK — сущ.; сленгидиот Syn:idiot, imbecile
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PILLOCK — n. дурак, олух
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PILLOCK — n. дурак, олух
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PILLOCK — сущ. ; сл. идиот Syn: idiot , imbecile
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PILLOCK — сущ.; сл. идиот Syn: idiot, imbecile
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PILLOCK — _n. _жарг. идиот
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PILLOCK — n. жарг. идиот
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PILLOCK — сущ.; сл. идиот Syn : idiot, imbecile
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HOUSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a curry house British English (= a restaurant that serves curry ) ▪ Let’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OAF — n. 25B6; noun LOUT, boor, barbarian, Neanderthal, churl, bumpkin, yokel; fool, idiot, imbecile; informal cretin, ass, goon, oik, yahoo, ape, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
IDIOT — n. 25B6; noun FOOL, ass, halfwit, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, simpleton; informal dope, ninny, nincompoop, chump, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, loon, …
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FOOL — n. 25B6; noun you've acted like a complete fool : IDIOT, ass, halfwit, blockhead, dunce, dolt, dullard, simpleton, clod; informal …
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ASS — n. 25B6; noun he rode on an ass : DONKEY, jackass, jenny; Scottish cuddy; Brit. informal moke, neddy. (informal) don't …
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FOOL — n. 1 simpleton, ninny, ninny-hammer, nincompoop, ass, jackass, dunce, dolt, halfwit, numskull or numbskull, blockhead, bonehead, pinhead, silly, feather-brain, loon, …
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