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bol·lix

also bol·lox  (bŏl′ĭks)
tr.v. bol·lixed, bol·lix·ing, bol·lix·es also bol·loxed or bol·lox·ing or bol·lox·es Informal
To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.

[Alteration of bollocks, plur. of bollock, testicle; see bollock.]
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bol•lix

(ˈbɒl ɪks) Informal. v.t.
1. to botch or bungle (often fol. by up).
n.
2. a confused bungle.
[1930–35; alter. of ballocks testicles]
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bollix


Past participle: bollixed
Gerund: bollixing

Imperative
bollix
bollix
Present
I bollix
you bollix
he/she/it bollixes
we bollix
you bollix
they bollix
Preterite
I bollixed
you bollixed
he/she/it bollixed
we bollixed
you bollixed
they bollixed
Present Continuous
I am bollixing
you are bollixing
he/she/it is bollixing
we are bollixing
you are bollixing
they are bollixing
Present Perfect
I have bollixed
you have bollixed
he/she/it has bollixed
we have bollixed
you have bollixed
they have bollixed
Past Continuous
I was bollixing
you were bollixing
he/she/it was bollixing
we were bollixing
you were bollixing
they were bollixing
Past Perfect
I had bollixed
you had bollixed
he/she/it had bollixed
we had bollixed
you had bollixed
they had bollixed
Future
I will bollix
you will bollix
he/she/it will bollix
we will bollix
you will bollix
they will bollix
Future Perfect
I will have bollixed
you will have bollixed
he/she/it will have bollixed
we will have bollixed
you will have bollixed
they will have bollixed
Future Continuous
I will be bollixing
you will be bollixing
he/she/it will be bollixing
we will be bollixing
you will be bollixing
they will be bollixing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bollixing
you have been bollixing
he/she/it has been bollixing
we have been bollixing
you have been bollixing
they have been bollixing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bollixing
you will have been bollixing
he/she/it will have been bollixing
we will have been bollixing
you will have been bollixing
they will have been bollixing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bollixing
you had been bollixing
he/she/it had been bollixing
we had been bollixing
you had been bollixing
they had been bollixing
Conditional
I would bollix
you would bollix
he/she/it would bollix
we would bollix
you would bollix
they would bollix
Past Conditional
I would have bollixed
you would have bollixed
he/she/it would have bollixed
we would have bollixed
you would have bollixed
they would have bollixed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.bollix - make a mess of, destroy or ruinbollix - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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Stated frankly, Trump bollixed the midterms with his overheated ranting, thus missing an opportunity to pry American politics out of its rut of partisanship.
The rub concept is designed to have two defensive backs run routes in proximity to each other, often crisscrossing off the line, and hope the defensive backs covering them get bollixed up.
But the Romans got the calendar all bollixed up (hope we aren't offending any ancient Romans out there) and the winter solstice fell on December 25.
If you were like me, you'd get things hopelessly bollixed up before you just cleared the flight plan and started over.
I would also carry a katana with its sheath stuck through a sash, if it didn't keep getting bollixed up with my cane and trippin' me.
I often don't have a game face and am still bollixed by the casual question from friends and strangers, "What's going on?" I don't know what's going on and am not sure when I will.
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Unfortunately, the executive compensation debate has become so thoroughly bollixed up with issues of class warfare and financial populism that rational arguments seem to fall on deaf ears." (80)
A sudden snowstorm bollixed up traffic, stopping Klum's car short of the train station as departure time neared.
Romney got bollixed up by dueling fears that the unkind arena would rage at him if he put up his guard and rage at him if he dropped it.
Here's where language has us bollixed up, to use the technical term.