bollixes

noun

plural of bollix
as in mishmashes

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  1. litters
  2. shuffles
  3. maelstroms
  4. hodgepodges
Noun
  • This September, the facility welcomed 34 kits from seven litters, marking the most productive season in its 25-year history of taking up the project.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And then there are the animals The regulations say domestic or other animals kept in groups such as packs, herds, litters, bevies or flocks larger than three are prohibited, unless the Village approves otherwise by resolution.
    — Luisa Yanez Updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of litters
Noun
  • Even after the band shuffles offstage, the air feels electric, the crowd lingering in place to delay the post-set comedown.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Blashill’s line experiments took to the ice Thursday, with line shuffles of Frank Nazar with Patrick Kane, Anton Frondell, Roman Kantserov, Teuvo Teräväinen and Tyler Bertuzzi.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shuffles
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  • This one’s closer to immersion therapy for phobias around motherhood, mental health, and emotional maelstroms that refuse to tamed or contained.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Definition of maelstroms
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  • But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 22 June 2026
Definition of hodgepodges
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“Bollixes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollixes. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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