bugger
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bug·ger 1
(bŭg′ər, bo͝og′-)n.
1. Vulgar Slang A sodomite.
2. Slang A contemptible or disreputable person.
3. Slang A fellow; a chap: "He's a silly little bugger, then" (John le Carré).
v. bug·gered, bug·ger·ing, bug·gers Vulgar Slang
v.intr.
To practice sodomy.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To practice sodomy with.
2. To damn.
bugger off
Chiefly British Slang To leave someone alone; go away.
[Middle English bougre, heretic, from Old French boulgre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus; see Bulgar.]
bug·ger 2
(bŭg′ər)n.
One who installs electronic bugs.
bugger
(ˈbʌɡə)n
1. a person who practises buggery
2. slang a person or thing considered to be contemptible, unpleasant, or difficult
3. slang a humorous or affectionate term for a man or child: a silly old bugger; a friendly little bugger.
4. bugger all slang nothing
5. play silly buggers slang to fool around and waste time
vb
6. to practise buggery (with)
7. (tr) slang chiefly Brit to ruin, complicate, or frustrate
8. (tr) slang to tire; weary
interj
slang an exclamation of annoyance or disappointment
[C16: from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus Bulgarian; from the condemnation of the dualist heresy rife in Bulgaria from the tenth century to the fifteenth]
bug•ger1
(ˈbʌg ər, ˈbʊg-)n.
1. Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively): a cute little bugger.
2. Informal. any object or thing.
3. Chiefly Brit. Slang: Usu. Vulgar. a sodomite.
4. Chiefly Brit. Slang.
v.t. a. a despicable or contemptible person, esp. a man.
b. an annoying or troublesome thing.
5. Chiefly Brit. Slang: Usu. Vulgar. to sodomize.
6. Slang. to damn.
7. Chiefly Brit. Slang. to cause problems for, esp. by tricking or deceiving.
v.i. 8. bugger off, Chiefly Brit. Slang. bug 1 (def. 11).
[1300–50; Middle English bougre < Anglo-French bugre < Medieval Latin Bulgarus heretic, literally, Bulgarian, by association of the Balkans with heretical sects and their alleged sexual practices]
bug•ger2
(ˈbʌg ər)n.
a person who installs electronic eavesdropping devices.
[1965–70]
bugger
Past participle: buggered
Gerund: buggering
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Noun | 1. | bugger - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
Verb | 1. | bugger - practice anal sex upon |
Translations
debilhovnokurvasodomitazkurvit
diggariharrastaa anaaliseksiähittohomekorvakamu
गाँडू
sodemieterverneuken
گانڈو
bugger
[ˈbʌgəʳ]A. N
1. (Jur) → sodomita mf
2. (Brit) (= person) → hijo/a m/f de puta, gilipollas mf (Sp)
he's a lucky bugger! → ¡qué suerte tiene el cabrón!
that silly bugger → ese cabrón, ese gilipollas (Sp)
some poor bugger → algún desgraciado
I don't give a bugger! → ¡me importa un carajo!
don't play silly buggers! → ¡deja de hacer pendejadas!, ¡no des el coñazo! (Sp)
he's a lucky bugger! → ¡qué suerte tiene el cabrón!
that silly bugger → ese cabrón, ese gilipollas (Sp)
some poor bugger → algún desgraciado
I don't give a bugger! → ¡me importa un carajo!
don't play silly buggers! → ¡deja de hacer pendejadas!, ¡no des el coñazo! (Sp)
3. (Brit) (= nuisance, annoyance) it's a bugger → es jodidísimo
B. EXCL (Brit) bugger (it or me)! → ¡mierda!
C. VT
bugger about bugger around (Brit)
A. VT + ADV to bugger sb about → joder a algn
B. VI + ADV → hacer pendejadas, hacer el gilipollas (Sp)
bugger off (Brit) VI + ADV → largarse
bugger off! → ¡vete a la mierda!, ¡vete a tomar por culo! (Sp) , ¡chinga tu madre! (Mex)
bugger off! → ¡vete a la mierda!, ¡vete a tomar por culo! (Sp) , ¡chinga tu madre! (Mex)
bugger up (Brit) VT + ADV to bugger sth up → joder algo
bugger
n (inf) → Scheißkerl m (inf), → Arschloch nt (vulg); (when not contemptible) → Kerl m (inf); (= thing) → Scheißding nt (inf); this nail’s a bugger, it won’t come out → dieser Scheißnagel geht einfach nicht raus (inf); you lucky bugger! → du hast vielleicht ein Schwein! (inf); to play silly buggers (Brit inf) → Scheiß machen (sl)
interj (Brit inf) → Scheiße (inf); bugger (it)! → Scheiße! (inf); bugger this car! → dieses Scheißauto (inf); bugger the cost! → ich scheiß auf die Kosten! (sl); bugger him → dieser Scheißkerl (inf); (= he can get lost) → der kann mich mal (inf); bugger me! (surprise) → (du) meine Fresse! (sl); (annoyance) → so’n Scheiß! (inf)
bugger
[ˈbʌgəʳ]1. n
a. (Law) → sodomita m
2. excl (fam!) bugger (it)! → merda! (fam!)
4. vt (fam!) (also bugger up) → mandare a puttane or in vacca (fam!)
bugger about bugger around