"buggery" meaning in English

See buggery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈbʌɡəɹi/ Audio: En-au-buggery.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From bugger + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bugger|y}} bugger + -y Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} buggery (not comparable)
  1. (British, vulgar, colloquial) Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Tags: British, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: heck, fuck
    Sense id: en-buggery-en-adv-6h8g5Chl Disambiguation of Sex: 17 29 35 18 1 Categories (other): British English

Interjection

IPA: /ˈbʌɡəɹi/ Audio: En-au-buggery.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From bugger + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bugger|y}} bugger + -y Head templates: {{en-interj}} buggery
  1. Synonym of bugger Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: bugger [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-buggery-en-intj-7xjANTtT Disambiguation of Sex: 17 29 35 18 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌɡəɹi/ Audio: En-au-buggery.ogg [Australia] Forms: buggeries [plural]
Etymology: From bugger + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bugger|y}} bugger + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buggery (countable and uncountable, plural buggeries)
  1. (British) Anal sex. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-buggery-en-noun-RwWNTn6Q Disambiguation of Sex: 17 29 35 18 1 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 4 42 30 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 5 41 29 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 4 42 30 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 8 41 26 9
  2. (British) Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-buggery-en-noun-p842PID3 Disambiguation of Sex: 17 29 35 18 1 Categories (other): British English
  3. (British, slang) A broken or damaged condition. Tags: British, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buggery-en-noun-LameB4hj Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: like buggery

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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