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5 VERB If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them. □ [be V -ed] The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.

buf|foon /bʌfuː n/ (buffoons ) N‑COUNT If you call someone a buffoon , you mean that they often do foolish things. [OLD-FASHIONED , DISAPPROVAL ]

buf|foon|ery /bʌfuː nəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

bug /bʌ g/ (bugs , bugging , bugged )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] A bug is an insect or similar small creature. [INFORMAL ] □  We noticed tiny bugs that were all over the walls.

2 N‑COUNT A bug is an illness which is caused by small organisms such as bacteria. [INFORMAL ] □  I think I've got a bit of a stomach bug. □  …the killer brain bug meningitis.

3 N‑COUNT If there is a bug in a computer program, there is a mistake in it. [COMPUTING ] □  There is a bug in the software.

4 N‑COUNT A bug is a tiny hidden microphone which transmits what people are saying. □  There was a bug on the phone.

5 VERB If someone bugs a place, they hide tiny microphones in it which transmit what people are saying. □ [V n] He heard that they were planning to bug his office. ●  bug|ging N‑UNCOUNT □  …an electronic bugging device.

6 N‑SING [oft n N ] You can say that someone has been bitten by a particular bug when they suddenly become very enthusiastic about something. [INFORMAL ] □  I've definitely been bitten by the gardening bug. □  Roundhay Park in Leeds was the place I first got the fishing bug.

7 VERB If someone or something bugs you, they worry or annoy you. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] I only did it to bug my parents.

bug|bear /bʌ gbeə ^r / (bugbears ) N‑COUNT Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you. □  Money is my biggest bugbear.

bu g-eyed ADJ A bug-eyed person or animal has eyes that stick out. [INFORMAL ] □  …bug-eyed monsters. □  We were bug-eyed in wonderment.

bug|ger /bʌ gə ^r / (buggers , buggering , buggered )

1 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] Some people use bugger to describe a person who has done something annoying or stupid. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ]

2 N‑SING Some people say that a job or task is a bugger when it is difficult to do. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ]

3 VERB Some people use bugger in expressions such as bugger him or bugger the cost in order to emphasize that they do not care about the person or thing that the word or phrase refers to. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , FEELINGS ]

4 VERB To bugger someone means to have anal intercourse with them.

5 EXCLAM Some people say bugger it or bugger when they are angry that something has gone wrong. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , FEELINGS ]

▸  bugger about or bugger around PHRASAL VERB If someone buggers about or buggers around , they waste time doing unnecessary things. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ]

▸  bugger off PHRASAL VERB If someone buggers off , they go away quickly and suddenly. People often say bugger off as a rude way of telling someone to go away. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ]

▸  bugger up PHRASAL VERB If someone buggers something up , they ruin it or spoil it. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ]

bu g|ger a ll also bugger-all PRON Bugger all is a rude way of saying 'nothing'. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ]

bug|gered /bʌ gə ^r d/

1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If someone says that they will be buggered if they do something, they mean that they do not want to do it and they will definitely not do it. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ]

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If someone says that they are buggered , they mean that they are very tired. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ]

3 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone says that something is buggered , they mean that it is completely ruined or broken. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ]

bug|gery /bʌ gəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Buggery is anal intercourse.

bug|gy /bʌ gi/ (buggies )

1 N‑COUNT A buggy is the same as a baby buggy .

2 N‑COUNT A buggy is a small lightweight carriage pulled by one horse.