BOLLIX - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

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

Foul up, Bollix up, Bungle, Screw up, Bumble

bollocks – A related word in the same word family.

Some English words are 'fossil words'—they only survive in idioms or fixed phrases.