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bugger off en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, qualifier:dismissal, vulgar) Go away.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.
    • Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?

Synonyms

bollocks (disbelief) · piss off · screw off · get lost (go away) · buzz off · pull the other one · fuck off

Translations (7)

tr siktir (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · fr punaise (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · fr merde (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · cs no neser (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · fr putain (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · fr flûte (expression of disagreement or disbelief) · fr chiotte (expression of disagreement or disbelief)

bugger off en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.
    • We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
buggered off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
buggered off Tense=Past lexicographic
buggering off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
buggers off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

set out · depart · sling one's hook

Translations (9)

fr allez voir là-bas si j'y suis (to leave, go away, disappear) · fr décarrer (to leave, go away, disappear) · fr déguerpir (to leave, go away, disappear) · de verpissen (to leave, go away, disappear) · de verziehen (to leave, go away, disappear) · fr aller se rhabiller (to leave, go away, disappear) · fr aller chier dans sa caisse (to leave, go away, disappear) · fr foutre le camp (to leave, go away, disappear) · de vom Acker machen (to leave, go away, disappear)