as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a cranky bugger who's always at odds with his neighbors
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Recent Examples of bugger
Fortunately, there are tons of products available to help prevent mosquito bites and drive the little buggers away from you in the first place.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
At least one week before your trip, inspect the leaves and branches for pests and eradicate any buggers.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
In the Eighties and Nineties, student groups tended to be formed along private school/state school lines, among rugger buggers and debaters, actors and engineers.
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Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
31 Dec. 2024
Treatment tends to be a journey for folks diagnosed with SIBO—which might come as a surprise for a condition that hinges on extra bacterial buggers.
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Erica Sloan,
SELF,
24 Oct. 2024
Advertisement As far as the feds were concerned, that meant dropping pesticide on the little buggers from the air — the same advice Brown was getting from his state ag officials.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
Microbes are clever little buggers —- for decades, they've been used by the mining industry to efficiently extract some 25 percent of the world’s gold and copper in a more environmentally friendly manner.
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Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
28 Sep. 2024
After escaping their own airborne prison, the little buggers begin to wreak havoc in the skies, causing another plane to collide with Athena’s.
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Andy Swift,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2024
Streamers like wooly buggers and large wet flies can be swung and stripped through likely areas to elicit a strike.
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Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
At least one week before your trip, inspect the leaves and branches for pests and eradicate any buggers.
—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
In the Eighties and Nineties, student groups tended to be formed along private school/state school lines, among rugger buggers and debaters, actors and engineers.
—
Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
31 Dec. 2024
Treatment tends to be a journey for folks diagnosed with SIBO—which might come as a surprise for a condition that hinges on extra bacterial buggers.
—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
24 Oct. 2024
Advertisement As far as the feds were concerned, that meant dropping pesticide on the little buggers from the air — the same advice Brown was getting from his state ag officials.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
Microbes are clever little buggers —- for decades, they've been used by the mining industry to efficiently extract some 25 percent of the world’s gold and copper in a more environmentally friendly manner.
—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
28 Sep. 2024
After escaping their own airborne prison, the little buggers begin to wreak havoc in the skies, causing another plane to collide with Athena’s.
—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2024
Streamers like wooly buggers and large wet flies can be swung and stripped through likely areas to elicit a strike.
—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bugger
Noun
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
Noun
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
Noun
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
Noun
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
Noun
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
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“Bugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugger. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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