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.
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Examples of "bug" in Sentences
- The bug defoliated the leaves.
- The scientist besected the bug.
- The bugs feed on Birch and Alder.
- Stink bugs hibernate in the winter.
- The bug is in the mind of some people.
- They often bugged their little sister.
- The Chinese bug was in the sofa cushion.
- The most notorious bug lives in his house.
- All the shouting is bugging the neighbors.
- There are many different kids of bugs living on sod.
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