Definition of "bugger"

(obsolete) A heretic.

(UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.  examples

(slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.  quotations

(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain.

(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.  quotations

(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.

(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Someone who is very fond of something

(slang, UK, US) A whippersnapper, a tyke.

(transitive, vulgar, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To have anal sex with, sodomize.  examples

(transitive, slang, vulgar in, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To break or ruin.

(transitive, slang, vulgar) Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object.

(slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.  quotations

One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs.  examples