English Explanatory Dictionary

yarblockos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Testicles; bollocks.
  2. Courage, fortitude, or machismo.

Pronunciation

/jɑː(ɹ)blɒkəʊs/

Word forms

yarblockos yarbles

Etymology

From Russian яблоко (jabloko, “apple”); coined by Anthony Burgess in 1962, when he introduced it within the invented slang Nadsat found in his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.

Synonyms

balls bollocks cojones guts nerve chutzpah audacity bield boldhead boldness bravehood braveness bravery courage courageousness daring fearlessness grit heart intrepidity intrepidness mood ovaries pecker pluck spunk steel undauntedness valour
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