Phr V
bugger about
buggers, buggering, buggered
bugger about/around
British & Australian informal to waste time doing silly, unimportant thingsHe's spent half the morning buggering about on his computer.
bugger sb about/around
British & Australian informal to treat someone badly by wasting their time or causing them problemsHe's changed the date three or four times and I'm fed up of being buggered around.
bugger about
⇨ bugger about; bugger aroundverb
1
to waste time UK, 1923.
2
to meander, to wander pointlessly around UK, 1923.
3
to inconvenience or make difficulties for someone UK, 1957.
4
to be unfaithful to your wife, or husband, etc. Whilst the act may well remain the same the sense here is not to commit adultery with someone but, rather, is defined in terms of the person spurned CANADA, 1980.
5
to fiddle with something or someone; to caress or interfere with someone UK, 1937