buggerise about
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To mess around and not do what you should be doing.
Meanings
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idiomatic
slang
To waste time or behave in a silly, unproductive manner (Australian vulgar slang).
"Stop buggerising about and help me move these boxes."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Chiefly Australian slang. Rarely encountered outside Australia. The '-ise' suffix is an informal Australian intensifying formation. Highly informal and vulgar; not suitable for formal or professional settings.
Commonly used with
stop time all day around
Forms
Base
buggerise about
I/you/we/they
3rd person
buggerises about
he/she/it
Past simple
buggerised about
yesterday
Past participle
buggerised about
have + pp
-ing form
buggerising about
continuous
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