bugger
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Is bugger a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of bugger?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A heretic.obsolete
2. (UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.Examples: "The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers’ charter."Synonyms: male homosexual and Thesaurus:fudge packerUK
3. (slang, derogatory, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.Examples: "He's a silly bugger for losing his keys."; "The bugger’s given me the wrong change."; "My computer's being a bit of a bugger."CommonwealthHawaiiderogatoryslang
4. (slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain.Examples: "So you're stuck out in the woop-woop and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger."CommonwealthHawaiislang
5. (slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.Examples: "How are you, you old bugger?"; "1946, Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand, in Collected Stories, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341, Good luck, you old bugger!"; "1953 February-March, Henry Beam Piper, John Joseph McGuire, Null-ABC, in Astounding Science Fiction, Gutenberg eBook #18346, “And if Pelton found out that his kids are Literates—Woooo!” Cardon grimaced. “Or what we've been doing to him. I hope I’m not around when that happens. I’m beginning to like the cantankerous old bugger.”"CommonwealthHawaiislang
6. (slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.Examples: "I don't give a bugger how important you think it is."datedslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive, vulgar, Commonwealth) To have anal sex with, sodomize.Examples: "To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)"Commonwealthtransitivevulgar
2. (transitive, slang, vulgar Commonwealth) To break or ruin.Examples: "This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up."Commonwealthslangtransitivevulgar
3. (transitive, slang, vulgar, Commonwealth) Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object.Examples: "Bugger Bognor. (Alleged to be the last words of King George V of the United Kingdom in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis.)"; "Oh, bugger this! I'm going out for a beer instead."Commonwealthslangtransitivevulgar
intj (English)
1. (slang, British, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.Examples: "Bugger, I've missed the bus."; "Dear Lord, forgive me for what I am about to, ah, say in this magnificent place of worship. Bugger. Bugger! Bugger-bugger-bugger-bugger!"Synonyms: bummer, damn, rats, whoopsBritishCommonwealthIrelandslangvulgar
Definition source: Wiktionary