bugger

noun

(UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

(slang, derogatory, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.

(slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain.

(slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.

(slang, Commonwealth) Someone who is very fond of something

(slang, UK, US) A whippersnapper, a tyke.

One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs.

(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.

(obsolete) A heretic.

verb

To have anal sex with, sodomize.

(slang) To break or ruin.

(slang) Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object.

Roots

bulgarusbugger- · Latin · Bulgarian (heretic)

Synonyms for bugger

sodomizev sodomiten sodn bastardn shitheadn shitn meanien scampn

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