Meaning
3 senses(Commonwealth, transitive, vulgar)To have anal sex with, sodomize.
To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
practice anal sex upon
(Commonwealth, slang, transitive, vulgar)To break or ruin.
This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up.
versauen, verpfuschen, ruinieren
лома́тьlomátʹ, по́ртитьpórtitʹ
(Commonwealth, slang, transitive, vulgar)Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object.
Bugger Bognor. (Alleged to be the last words of King George V of the United Kingdom in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis.)
Oh, bugger this! I'm going out for a beer instead.
Examples
10 sentencesHe's a clever little bugger.
Він розумний малий шибеник. — deniko
Keep buggering on.
Не здавайся. — deniko
Bugger off, will you?
Відвали, будь ласка. — deniko
I know you're feeling discouraged, but you just have to keep buggering on and eventually things will get better.
Я знаю, що ти відчуваєш розчарування, але ти мусиш триматися і рухатися вперед, і з часом все покращиться. — deniko
You little bugger!
Ах ти ж малий спиногризе! — deniko
ruАх ты маленький засранец! — Wezel
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin BulgarFrom Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.
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Forms
buggers, buggering, buggered, buggeredPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle