bugger

🇺🇸 /ˈbʌɡər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbʌɡə(r)/
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noun
R

a rude word for a person, used when you are angry or don't like them

You stupid bugger! You could have run me over!

R

a word used to show sympathy for someone, especially a man, who is having a hard time

Poor bugger! His wife left him last week.

R

a difficult problem or something that causes trouble

Question 6 is a real bugger.

verb
R

a swear word used to show annoyance or to say you don't care about something

So I thought, bugger this for a lark.

R

to break or damage something very badly, so it can't be fixed

This will bugger the rear suspension.

R

to have sexual intercourse with someone

translation

n. a rude word for a person, used when you are angry or don't like them; a word used to show sympathy for someone, especially a man, who is having a hard time; a difficult problem or something that causes trouble
v. a swear word used to show annoyance or to say you don't care about something; to break or damage something very badly, so it can't be fixed; to have sexual intercourse with someone

Word Forms

3rd Present buggers
Progressive buggering
Past buggered
Plural buggers
Perfect buggered