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bugger

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) bugger (noun)
  2. 2) bugger (verb)
  3. 3) bugger (noun)
  4. booger (noun)
  5. bugger all (noun)
  6. bugger off (verb)
  7. bugger up (verb)

1bug·ger

noun \ˈbə-gər, ˈbu̇-gər\

Definition of BUGGER

1
: sodomite
2
a : a worthless person : rascal b : fellow, chap
3
: a small or annoying thing <put down my keys and now I can't find the buggers>

Origin of BUGGER

Middle English bougre heretic, from Anglo-French bugre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, literally, Bulgarian; from the association of Bulgaria with the Bogomils, who were accused of sodomy
First Known Use: 1555

Rhymes with BUGGER

chugger, hugger, lugger, mugger, plugger, rugger, slugger, tugger

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