bovver
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
bovver
- /ˈbɒvə/ Southern England
Rhymes with -ɒvə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother.
noun bovvers
- Pronunciation spelling of bother No need to tell me, I'd recognize that Cockney accent anywhere! “I'm in a bit of bovver,” he said. “Do me a favour and go to the shelter and do the necessary for Trixie.”
- Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs. In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason other than the sheer thrill of it.
verb bovvers · bovvering · bovvered
- Pronunciation spelling of bother "You specials," Nigel said disgustedly. "I don't know why I bovver, really I don't."
interjection
- Pronunciation spelling of bother
Talk about this word "bovver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bovver. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bovver. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bovver "bovver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bovver.Cite this
@misc{bovver_2026,
title = {bovver},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bovver},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
