bugger
noun
a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively).
buggering
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present participleof bugger.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Instead, as she did on Wednesday night, May invokes only her own blank sense of obligation, of continuing with something no matter the cost, of buggering on regardless.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2019
Several of these testimonies are accompanied by footage of said onlookers examining an object that Dynamo has recently finished levitating/exploding/shrinking/otherwise buggering about with.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2013
But it's really buggering Scotland, who with meagre resources have historically had to rely on moments of outrageous improvisation to entertain their punters.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2012
At which point the club decided to stop buggering about and purchased Brian Clough from Middlesbrough for £45,000 and George Herd from Clyde for £40,000.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012
