bugger 1
/bug"euhr, boog"-/ , n.
1. Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively): a cute little bugger.
2. Informal. any object or thing.
3. Often Vulgar. a sodomite.
4. Chiefly Brit. Slang.
a. a despicable or contemptible person, esp. a man.
b. an annoying or troublesome thing, situation, etc.
v.t.
5. Often Vulgar. to sodomize.
6. Slang. damn: Bugger the cost - I want the best.
7. Chiefly Brit. Slang. to trick, deceive, or take advantage of.
8. bugger up , Chiefly Brit. Slang. to ruin; spoil; botch.
v.i.
9. bugger off , Chiefly Brit. Slang. to depart; bug off.
[ 1300-50; ME bougre bugre Bulgarus heretic, lit., Bulgarian, by assoc. of the Balkans with heretical sects such as the Bogomils and their alleged deviant sexual practices; def. 1 perh. by reanalysis as BUG 1 or BUG 2 + -ER 1 (cf. BOOGER) ]
bugger 2
/bug"euhr/
a person who installs a hidden listening device.
[ 1965-70; BUG 1 + -ER 1 ]