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PRONUNCIATION OF BUGGER OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUGGER OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bugger off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bugger off in English.

WHAT DOES BUGGER OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bugger

Bugger is a slang word. The term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or to refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing or perhaps surprising. The term is used in the vernacular British English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, Pakistani English, Caribbean English, Malaysian English and in Sri Lankan English.

Definition of bugger off in the English dictionary

The definition of bugger off in the dictionary is to go away; depart.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUGGER OFF

PRESENT

Present
I bugger off
you bugger off
he/she/it buggers off
we bugger off
you bugger off
they bugger off
Present continuous
I am buggering off
you are buggering off
he/she/it is buggering off
we are buggering off
you are buggering off
they are buggering off
Present perfect
I have buggered off
you have buggered off
he/she/it has buggered off
we have buggered off
you have buggered off
they have buggered off
Present perfect continuous
I have been buggering off
you have been buggering off
he/she/it has been buggering off
we have been buggering off
you have been buggering off
they have been buggering off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I buggered off
you buggered off
he/she/it buggered off
we buggered off
you buggered off
they buggered off
Past continuous
I was buggering off
you were buggering off
he/she/it was buggering off
we were buggering off
you were buggering off
they were buggering off
Past perfect
I had buggered off
you had buggered off
he/she/it had buggered off
we had buggered off
you had buggered off
they had buggered off
Past perfect continuous
I had been buggering off
you had been buggering off
he/she/it had been buggering off
we had been buggering off
you had been buggering off
they had been buggering off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bugger off
you will bugger off
he/she/it will bugger off
we will bugger off
you will bugger off
they will bugger off
Future continuous
I will be buggering off
you will be buggering off
he/she/it will be buggering off
we will be buggering off
you will be buggering off
they will be buggering off
Future perfect
I will have buggered off
you will have buggered off
he/she/it will have buggered off
we will have buggered off
you will have buggered off
they will have buggered off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been buggering off
you will have been buggering off
he/she/it will have been buggering off
we will have been buggering off
you will have been buggering off
they will have been buggering off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bugger off
you would bugger off
he/she/it would bugger off
we would bugger off
you would bugger off
they would bugger off
Conditional continuous
I would be buggering off
you would be buggering off
he/she/it would be buggering off
we would be buggering off
you would be buggering off
they would be buggering off
Conditional perfect
I would have bugger off
you would have bugger off
he/she/it would have bugger off
we would have bugger off
you would have bugger off
they would have bugger off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been buggering off
you would have been buggering off
he/she/it would have been buggering off
we would have been buggering off
you would have been buggering off
they would have been buggering off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bugger off
we let´s bugger off
you bugger off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bugger off
Past participle
buggered off
Present Participle
buggering off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUGGER OFF

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buggered
buggery
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buggies
buggiest
bugginess
bugging
Buggins´ turn
Buggins´s turn
buggy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUGGER OFF

bear off
better off
clear off
cut off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
kick off
number off
on and off
pay off
set off
show off
spin off
swear off
take off
tear off
turn off
wear off

Synonyms and antonyms of bugger off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bugger off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUGGER OFF

Find out the translation of bugger off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bugger off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bugger off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开溜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carretera y manta
570 millions of speakers

English

bugger off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डराना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هرب من المعسكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убирайся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cair fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foutre le camp
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemadam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verpisst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オフ時間を浪費
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bugger off
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bugger tắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனிய புஜம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुकिचे बंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaylanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bugger off
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pocałować gdzieś
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забирайся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sterge-ti-
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαμήσου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

donder op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bugger off
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stikk av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bugger off

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUGGER OFF»

The term «bugger off» is regularly used and occupies the 62.218 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUGGER OFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bugger off» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bugger off» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bugger off

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUGGER OFF»

Discover the use of bugger off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bugger off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... to waste time doing silly or not important things bugger sb about uk offensive to treat someone badly by wasting their time or causing them problems: Stop buggering me about and tell me the truth! bugger off uk offensive to leave or go away, ...
‎2008
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Along the Road to Heaven: Songs and Poems about Polk County ...
... get our troops out ofIraq King George Bugger off, G.O.P. Bugger off, Tom DeLay Bugger off, Culture of corruption Bugger off War In Iraq Bugger off, Tax breaks for the rich Bugger off, NSA Spying scandal Bugger off Scooter Libby Bugger off, ...
Jeffrey Langer, 2006
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
2 see bugger about; bugger off. bugger! or bugger it ! a strong expletive. Late 19th–20th centuries. bugger about to waste time, to act ineffectually; to potter about, to fuss; to play the fool, as in stop buggering about!; he's been buggering about ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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学校英語をネイティブの英語に変換する
Bugger off! cfc< Bugger off! ,hU5Sl^*US3-o r-AICUrj ,hli5EK © Leave me alone, t> r?l?H U&UrJ tUDEK© Don't disturb me. cfcD, ^ya7jly-CTtf?SU-a7>7.fi-SD^To A : Come on! Let's go out for dinner. Come on! Let's go! B : Would you bugger off.
岩城貴宏, マークオルダー, 難波京子, 2004
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Untitled
... away: By the time I got there you two had already buggered off! * Bugger off, will you? bugger sth up [M] uk offensive to damage something or cause problems by doing something stupid: Mike'sbug- gered up the video again. buggered /"bVg .
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Orig. euph., then joc., for bugger off!, 'Run away, stop bothering me': since ca. 1965. 'Heard on and off on TV' (Petch, 1976). bug-out, v. To protrude, as of eyes: adopted ex US, C.20. Mark Twain, 'Jim's eyes bugged out [with surpriseJ.
Eric Partridge, 2006
7
Slow Poison
Bloody bugger off, bloody bugger off, bloody Fred Bum..! Bloody bugger off, bloody bugger off, bloody Fred and bloody Len, bloody bugger bloody off..! and bloody Len, bloody bugger bloody off..!'' He could smell the coal from Vick He could ...
8
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
1971 bugger me gently! used for registering surprise uk, 1984 In the late 1980s and early 90s, this exclamation was very much associated with the character Lizzie Birdsworth in the Australian TV drama series Prisoner Cell Block H bugger Off ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
9
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
verdammt: verdammt (nochmal)! bugger me! Fresse: (ach) du meine Fresse! • Tausend: ei, der Tausend! • Tausend: potz tausend! • verflixt: verflixt (nochmal)!/( ver- flixt noch eins) • verflucht: verflucht (nochmal)! s.o. can bugger off Abend: j.
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
10
The Works - Shallow Waters
THE S.M. SONG He's looking at me, he's looking at me, why is he looking at me? the crown on his sleeve, I'll never achieve; I hope the bugger will soon bugger off! He's frowning at me, he's frowning at me, Why is he frowning at me? I've done ...
Rivuli, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUGGER OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bugger off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paris's bohemian canal - now more tip than hip
... up the problem. "It's disgusting. People come to drink and to eat and then just bugger off without cleaning up their mess," she told The Local. «The Local.fr, Jul 15»
2
SmartMoney Monday - Handling Credit Card Debt
I put fifteen hundred on the card and plan on paying the bugger off over time. Well, my card charges 29% interest and my minimum is only $37 ... «Hawaii News Now, Jul 15»
3
Barnaby's message to the haters
... sell Australia's biosecurity system earlier this year with his message to actor Johnny Depp and his two dogs to "bugger off" out of the country. «SBS, Jul 15»
4
Andrew Lynch: Historic Greek 'No' is blow to the EU - and to the Irish …
Greece has essentially followed the advice given by Gerry Adams when he claimed that Ireland should tell its European creditors to "bugger off" ... «Herald, Jul 15»
5
Adam Smith was right about that invisible hand, you know
To most of us it means that government can bugger off, markets work best when they're left alone, the only thing wrong with society today is a ... «The Register, Jul 15»
6
Pat Flanagan: Pension is like winning lotto for ministers
If a child is suffering serious illness but is seven or over they can bugger off. After four years of removing the medical cards of terminally-ill ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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5 OVERRATED HORROR “CLASSICS”
Bugger off Steve, you pretentious clown shoe. (Steve isn't Spanish by the way). Anyhoo, I didn't hate this by any stretch, but it could have built ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
8
Hovis' Friday diary: Do I look like a dude who uses conditioner?
... reversing, enthusiastic spooking and the one minor attempt to bugger off across a crop field (that road sign was clearly going to kill us both), ... «Horse & Hound, Jul 15»
9
Feminism and the City
On the street alone, Gornick encounters ragtag characters who teach her about her humanity. Or tell her to bugger off. Both the highs and the ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
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Nicholas Winton, the man who saved a generation of Jews
So Bugger Off.' And they sort of did." You can see why they might. Even at 93, Winton has the kind of authority that has nothing to do with officer ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»

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