Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One guilty of the crime of bestiality: vulgarly used as a general term of contumely, without reference to its meaning.
- noun A collector of bugs or insects; an entomologist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
- noun Low A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
heretic . - noun Someone who commits
buggery ; asodomite . - noun slang, pejorative, UK, Australia, New Zealand A
foolish or worthless person or thing; adespicable person. - noun slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand A situation that causes
dismay . - noun slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand Someone viewed with affection; a
chap . - noun slang, dated A
damn , anything at all. - noun slang, UK Someone who is very fond of something
- noun slang, USA - West A rough synonym for
whippersnapper . - verb vulgar, UK To
sodomize . - verb slang To
break orruin . - verb slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To be
surprised . - verb slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To feel
contempt for some person or thing. - verb slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To feel
frustration with something, or to consider that something isfutile . - verb slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To be
fatigued . - interjection slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar An expression of
annoyance or displeasure. - interjection slang, US, euphemistic, rare Cutesy expression of very
mild annoyance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb practice anal sex upon
- noun someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Seriously, the little bugger is getting far too close to my Rexona zone) … being the chronically envious type that I am, afflicted by that greenest of the seven deadly sins …
Cheeseburger Gothic » The Ladies Blue Room. Or something. 2010
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Because of the action of the long flowing tail the bugger is more popular with fisherman.
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That little bugger is home for a day or two wrapping up some things and moi get to see him. ciao
| It's Chaotic 2010
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The bugger is that these two songs sat side by side on the same album.
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What a disgusting SOB that bugger is … has always been, far as that goes.
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But wait, that bugger is gone already, Too bad, so sad.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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If you are just starting out, and haven't mastered the subtlties, a wooly bugger is a good alla round fly to start out with.
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If you are just starting out, and haven't mastered the subtlties, a wooly bugger is a good alla round fly to start out with.
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Women have to carry the child for 9 months, so they better make sure the little bugger is well cared for.
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The bugger is that these two songs sat side by side on the same album.
yarb commented on the word bugger
(liquor buggers us,
nathless 'Human kind
cannot bear very
much reality')...
- Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983
July 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bugger
Okay, I know what this word means according to dictionaries, but when a mother says it of her young, rambunctious boys (for example), that's certainly NOT the meaning she's ascribing.
I'm looking for a synonym in the phrase "the poor buggers," that doesn't use the original word I was thinking of ("bastards") and does not sound British ("sods"). Any suggestions?
I also found this interesting conversation.
October 25, 2010
bilby commented on the word bugger
the poor blighters
October 25, 2010
yarb commented on the word bugger
blighter is Brit too isn't it?
If it's boys, maybe mites or tykes?
Tough one.
October 25, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word bugger
Poor little guys?
October 25, 2010