bugger

noun [C]

/ˈbʌɡ.ər/

/-ɚ/

Definition

› UK offensive a silly or annoying person: Well you shouldn't have drunk so much, should you, you daft bugger! The stupid bugger's given me the wrong ticket! › informal used to or about someone that you feel sympathy for: The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep. › US informal a person or animal, especially a young one that you like very much: He's a cute little bugger, isn't he? › UK offensive something that is very difficult or annoying: This tin is a bugger to open.

(Definition of bugger noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)