bug
IPA: bˈʌg
noun
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (UK, obsolete, specifically) A bedbug.
- (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
- (chiefly LGBT, "the bug") HIV.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (petroleum industry, slang, dated) Synonym of oil bug.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.
- A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.
- (US, slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.
- (slang) A Bugatti car.
verb
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
Advertisement
Examples of "bug" in Sentences
- While he runs, Zeizel keeps what he calls a bug-out bag within reach.
- I agree with Dave Winer's rant against what he calls bug graphics, and which I call kipple.
- 该版本的主要变化包括：针对 Internet Explorer 7 的 bug 修正；改进了 crypt32，包含新的导出向导；更好的支持无窗 Richedit；对 "打印" 对话框进行了改善；修复了 Windows 平台上的回归测试问题及其他许多 bug。
- The term "bogeyman" seems to have come from the Welsh "bwg" spirit and the word "bug" was applied to insects because of the belief that insects were souls in search of rebirth.
- The term "bug," while having a specific taxonomic meaning, is also used as an umbrella term to include land-arthropods in general, including arachnids, like scorpions and spiders.
- Depending on what bug is in your gut, and depending on if it had been already partially treated with antibiotics by the former carrier, your antibiotic treatment may or may not help you.
- I was ready to comment on the previous post, and say that in the spirit of the season, a Trini would tell you "the boy so cute he get malju" (derived from the French mals yeux), but that kind of bug is awful.
Advertisement
Advertisement