"bugger off" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bugger off.ogg [Australia], En-au-bugger off.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”. Etymology templates: {{lb|en|idiomatic|obsolete|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth), {{lb|en|idiomatic|vulgar|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth), {{lb|en|idiomatic|dismissal|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) Head templates: {{en-interj}} bugger off
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial, dismissal) Go away. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms: fuck off, screw off, buzz off, piss off, go away, pull the other one, bullshit Synonyms (go away): get lost
    Sense id: en-bugger_off-en-intj-Fa7-ElPO Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English dismissals, Irish English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'go away': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms (disbelief): bollocks Translations (expression of disagreement or disbelief): no neser (Czech), merde [vulgar] (French), putain [vulgar] (French), punaise [informal] (French), flûte (French), chiotte [colloquial] (French), siktir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bugger_off-en-intj-IjHwJZVy Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'disbelief': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'expression of disagreement or disbelief': 1 99

Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bugger off.ogg [Australia], En-au-bugger off.ogg [Australia] Forms: buggers off [present, singular, third-person], buggering off [participle, present], buggered off [participle, past], buggered off [past]
Etymology: Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”. Etymology templates: {{lb|en|idiomatic|obsolete|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth), {{lb|en|idiomatic|vulgar|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth), {{lb|en|idiomatic|dismissal|UK|Ireland|Australia|New Zealand|Commonwealth}} (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar Synonyms: depart, set out, sling one's hook, leave Translations (to leave, go away, disappear): allez voir là-bas si j’y suis [formal] (French), déguerpir (French), foutre le camp [colloquial] (French), décarrer [colloquial] (French), aller se rhabiller (French), aller chier dans sa caisse [vulgar] (French), verziehen [reflexive] (German), verpissen [reflexive] (German), vom Acker machen [reflexive] (German)
    Sense id: en-bugger_off-en-verb-CdUsxozA

Inflected forms

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        "2": "idiomatic",
        "3": "obsolete",
        "4": "UK",
        "5": "Ireland",
        "6": "Australia",
        "7": "New Zealand",
        "8": "Commonwealth"
      },
      "expansion": "(idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth)",
      "name": "lb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiomatic",
        "3": "vulgar",
        "4": "UK",
        "5": "Ireland",
        "6": "Australia",
        "7": "New Zealand",
        "8": "Commonwealth"
      },
      "expansion": "(idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth)",
      "name": "lb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiomatic",
        "3": "dismissal",
        "4": "UK",
        "5": "Ireland",
        "6": "Australia",
        "7": "New Zealand",
        "8": "Commonwealth"
      },
      "expansion": "(idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth)",
      "name": "lb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buggers off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buggering off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buggered off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buggered off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave, go away, disappear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "go away",
          "go away"
        ],
        [
          "disappear",
          "disappear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 bugger off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/EN-AU_ck1_bugger_off.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_bugger_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/EN-AU_ck1_bugger_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-bugger off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-bugger_off.ogg/En-au-bugger_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-bugger_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AUS)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "depart"
    },
    {
      "word": "set out"
    },
    {
      "word": "sling one's hook"
    },
    {
      "word": "leave"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "allez voir là-bas si j’y suis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "word": "déguerpir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "foutre le camp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "décarrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "word": "aller se rhabiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "aller chier dans sa caisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verpissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "vom Acker machen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bugger off"
}

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