Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal)To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.

    I've buggered up the sudoku somehow and can't finish it.

  2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal)To injure or harm (someone).

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He buggered it up.

    deEr hat es verkorkst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

buggers up, buggering up, buggered up, buggered up
Base formbugger up · to bugger up
3rd person singularbuggers up
Present participlebuggering up
Past simplebuggered up
Past participlebuggered up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybugger up
he, she, itbuggers up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuggered up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave buggered up
he, she, ithas buggered up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bugger up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
booger up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bugA2buggerbuggybugle
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