bell end

noun — 8 senses

bell end

nounalso spelled bell-end
1

Ireland, UK, Alternative, Vulgar Alternative spelling of bell-end.

2

The flanged end of a pipe

  • To make a storage place for a watering hose, bury a length of wide pipe bell end up.1948 October, Popular Science, page 237:
3

The protective device around the valve of a gas cylinder

4

The end of an internal combustion engine that has the bell housing and by extension that end of the crankshaft

bell-end

noun

/ˈbɛlɛnd/

Etymology From bell + end.

1

Alternative Alternative spelling of bell end (“the flared end of a tube or instrument, curved like a bell”).

2

Ireland, UK, Slang, Vulgar The glans penis.

3

Ireland, UK, Offensive, Slang, Vulgar A stupid or contemptible person.

  • I don't care who he is: he's acting like a bell-end.
  • is that onion badgies, you meant. or perhaps you are referring to that infamous collection of bellends, known as w.b.a. (win bugger all). it seems they are doing quite well, although they are playing against part-timers. quit1992 September 28, A. Dowson, “Re: West Bromwich Albion”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet), retrieved 03 Aug 2017, message-ID <92272.160610ADOWSON@ESTEC.BITNET>:
Synonyms
cockhead, dickhead, fuckhead, knobend, knobhead, cunthead, shithead

bell-end

noun

Etymology From bell + end.

1

Attributive form of bell end.

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