bugger

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈbʌɡɚ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbʌɡə/

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Noun

Singular bugger

Plural buggers

1. (countable) (slang) (vulgar) A bugger is a person you don't like.

   He was wearing his hat in church, so I yelled, "Take your hat off, you silly bugger.

Related words

• buggery

Verb

Plain form bugger

Third-person singular buggers

Past tense buggered

Past participle buggered

Present participle buggering

1. (transitive) You say "bugger it" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.
2. (transitive) You say "bugger me" or "I'm buggered" to show that you're very surprised.
3. (transitive); (vulgar) If you bugger somebody, you have anal sex with them.
4. (intransitive) You say "bugger off" you want someone to leave you alone.
5. If you bugger something up, you make a problem with it.