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telephone. 6 fault, error, mistake, failing, shortcoming,
Colloq hang-up, glitch: There's a bug in the program that's
preventing the list from being sorted. They can't market the
device till they've ironed out all the bugs.
--v. 7 annoy, irritate, pester, irk, harass, bother: I wish
Mum'd stop bugging me about my homework. 8 tap, spy on: They
bugged her phone and recorded all her conversations.
bugger n. 1 buggerer, sodomite. 2 chap, fellow, man; boy, lad, child,
tot; Slang chiefly Brit geezer , US jerk; Colloq guy , Brit
bloke, fool, idiot: He's a cute little bugger, isn't he? Who's
that silly-looking bugger with Christina?
--v. 3 Also, bugger up. ruin, destroy, botch, bungle, wreck;
make a mess of, Colloq mess or screw up, Brit bollocks or
ballocks up, balls up, make a balls-up of, cock up, US ball up,
bollix up; Taboo fuck up: He's buggered the recording, so we'll
have to start again at the beginning. Why does she bugger up
everything I try to do? 4 bugger about or around. a fool about,
waste time, dawdle, Colloq US lallygag or lollygag; Taboo fuck
about or around: He buggers about the house all the time
instead of looking for a job. Don't bugger about with my hi-fi.
b cause complications for, create difficulties for: She
pretends to be helping me, but she's just buggering me about. 5
bugger off. go away, depart, leave, clear off or out, Colloq
make tracks, skedaddle, beat it, Slang piss off; Taboo fuck off:
Oh, bugger off and leave me alone!
build v. 1 construct, erect, raise, set up, assemble: I hope to
build my own house in another year or so. 2 found, establish,
base: The theory is built on the principle that light travels
at 186,000 miles per second. 3 develop: She built the company
in about five years. 4 Also, build up. intensify; increase,
develop, enlarge, strengthen: The distant hum of voices
gradually built to a mighty roar.
--n. 5 physique, figure, body, shape, Slang bod: He has a good
build from working out at the gym.
building n. edifice, structure, construction, erection: The building
where I work is air-conditioned.