bollix. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

bollix

SYLLABICATION:	bol·lix
PRONUNCIATION:	blks
VARIANT FORMS:	also bol·lox
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: bol·lixed also bol·loxed, bol·lix·ing, bol·lox·ing, bol·lix·es, bol·lox·es Informal To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.
ETYMOLOGY:	Alteration of ballocks, testicles, from Middle English balloks, from Old English beallucas. See bhel-² in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	bollix —NOUN


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