Bugger Definition
bŭgər, bo͝og-
buggered, buggering, buggers
noun
buggers
A sodomite.
Webster's New World
A contemptible person.
Webster's New World
A fellow; chap; also, a rascal or scamp.
Webster's New World
One who installs electronic bugs.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- sod
- sodomist
- sodomite
- pedophiliac
- pederast
- paraphiliac
- necrophiliac
- coprophiliac
- erotomaniac
verb
buggered, buggering, buggers
To commit sodomy with.
Webster's New World
To practice sodomy with.
American Heritage
To damn.
American Heritage
(vulgar, UK) To sodomize.
To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- sodomise
- sodomize
- masturbate
- lallygag
- kibosh
- fellate
- de-energize
interjection
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
Bugger, I've missed the bus.
Oh, bugger--
Wiktionary
(slang, US, euphemistic, rare) Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.
Wiktionary
idiom
bugger off
- to leave; depart
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bugger
Origin of Bugger
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From French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose in the 10th century in the First Bulgarian Empire) to whom various unnatural practices were ascribed.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bougre heretic from Old French boulgre from Medieval Latin Bulgarus Bulgar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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