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buggerise about

C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To mess around and not do what you should be doing.

Meanings

1 C1 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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