I. bug ‧ ger 1 /ˈbʌɡə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: bugger 'person who practices anal sex' (16-21 centuries) , from French bougre 'person who disagrees with the standard religion' , from Medieval Latin Bulgarus 'Bulgarian' ]
1 . British English not polite an offensive word for someone who is very annoying or unpleasant
2 . not polite someone that you pretend to be annoyed with, although you actually like or love them:
The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
3 . British English not polite a job or activity that is very difficult:
The exam was a bit of a bugger.
4 . bugger all British English not polite nothing:
There’s bugger all wrong with this machine.
II. bugger 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] British English
1 . spoken not polite said when you are annoyed or angry:
Bugger it! I don’t see why I should pay for everything.
2 . I’m buggered/bugger me! spoken not polite said when you are surprised about something:
Well I’m buggered! I never thought you’d do that.
3 . bugger the ... spoken not polite used to say that you do not care about the person or thing you are talking about:
Bugger the expense – I’m going to buy it!
4 . taboo or law to have ↑ anal sex with someone
bugger about/around phrasal verb spoken not polite
1 . to behave in a stupid way or waste time SYN mess about/around :
Let’s stop buggering about and go.
2 . bugger somebody about to cause unnecessary problems for someone SYN mess somebody about/around :
Don’t let Peter bugger you about.
bugger off phrasal verb spoken not polite
to go away or leave a place:
Tim buggered off to Australia years ago.
‘Bugger off!’ she screamed.
bugger something ↔ up phrasal verb spoken not polite
to ruin something or do something very badly SYN cock up , mess up :
It really buggered up our plans when the train was cancelled.