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bug

1  [buhg] noun, verb, bugged, bug⋅ging.
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–noun
1. Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
2. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
3. Informal. any microorganism, esp. a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug.
4. Informal. a defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program, or plan; glitch: The test flight discovered the bugs in the new plane.
5. Informal.
a. a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: a hi-fi bug.
b. a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.
6. Informal.
a. a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device.
b. any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location.
7. a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc.
8. Horse Racing. the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.
9. a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other.
10. Poker Slang. a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush.
11. Printing. a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop.
12. any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect.
13. Chiefly British. a bedbug.
–verb (used with object) Informal.
14. to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged.
15. to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business.
—Verb phrases
16. bug off, Slang. to leave or depart, esp. rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.
17. bug out, Slang. to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.
—Idiom
18. put a bug in someone's ear, to give someone a subtle suggestion; hint: We put a bug in his ear about a new gymnasium.
Origin:
1615–25; 1885–90 for def. 4; 1910–15 for def. 5a; 1915–20 for def. 14; 1945–50 for def. 15; earlier bugge beetle, appar. alter. of ME budde, OE -budda beetle; sense “leave” obscurely related to other senses and perh. of distinct orig.

Synonyms:
15. nag, badger, harass, plague, needle.
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bug   (bŭg)   
n.  

  1. A true bug.

  2. An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig. See Regional Note at lightning bug.

    1. A disease-producing microorganism: a flu bug.

    2. The illness or disease so produced: "stomach flu, a cold, or just some bug going around" (David Smollar).

    3. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.

    4. Computer Science A defect in the code or routine of a program.

    1. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.

    2. Computer Science A defect in the code or routine of a program.

  5. An enthusiasm or obsession: got bitten by the writing bug.

  6. An enthusiast or devotee; a buff: a model train bug.

  7. An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance: planted a bug in the suspect's room.

v.   bugged, bug·ging, bugs

v.   intr.
To grow large; bulge: My eyes bugged when I saw the mess.
v.   tr.

    1. To annoy; pester.

    2. To prey on; worry: a memory that bugged me for years.

  2. To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.

  3. To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

  4. To leave or quit, usually in a hurry.

  5. To avoid a responsibility or duty. Often used with on or of: bugged out on his partners at the first sign of trouble.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bug off Slang To leave someone alone; go away.
bug out Slang

  1. To leave or quit, usually in a hurry.

  2. To avoid a responsibility or duty. Often used with on or of: bugged out on his partners at the first sign of trouble.


Idiom(s):
put a bug in (someone's) ear Informal To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.

[Origin unknown.]
bug'ger n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

bug

A generic term that describes a malfunction of undetermined origin in a computer or other electronic device.

Note: The term originated in the 1940s when the examination of a large computer revealed that an actual insect had landed on one of the circuits, shorting it out and shutting the machine down.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
bug

  1. n.
    a flaw in a computer program. : As soon as I get the bugs out, I can run my program.
  2. n.
    someone who is enthusiastic about something. (A combining form.) : Mary is a camera bug.
  3. n.
    an obsession or urge. : I've got this bug about making money.
  4. n.
    a spy device for listening to someone's conversation. : I found a little bug taped under my chair.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bug 
"insect," 1622, probably from M.E. bugge "something frightening, scarecrow" a meaning obsolete except in bugbear (1580) and bugaboo (q.v.); probably connected with Scot. bogill "goblin, bugbear," or obsolete Welsh bwg "ghost, goblin" (cf. Welsh bwgwl "threat," earlier "fear"). Cf. also bogey (1) and Ger. bögge, böggel-mann "goblin." Perhaps influenced in meaning by O.E. -budda used in compounds for "beetle." Meaning "defect in a machine" (1889) may have been coined c.1878 by Thomas Edison. Sense of "equip with a concealed microphone" is from 1919. The verb "to annoy, irritate" is first attested 1949, probably in allusion to insect pests. Meaning "person obsessed by an idea (e.g. firebug) is from 1841. The meaning "to bulge" is 1870s, perhaps from a humorous or dialect mispronunciation of bulge. Sense of "microbe, germ" is from 1919. Phrase bug off is 1950s, perhaps from bugger off, which is chiefly British, but was picked up in U.S. Air Force slang in the Korean War.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bug
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: bugged; bug·ging
: to plant a concealed microphone in <bug an office> —compare EAVESDROP, WIRETAP
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bug
Pronunciation: 'b&g
Function: noun
1 a : an insect or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a spider) —notused technically b : any of various insects commonly considered especially obnoxious: as (1) : BEDBUG(2) : COCKROACH (3) : HEAD LOUSE c : any of the order Hemiptera and especially of its suborder Heteroptera of insects that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and that lack a pupal stage betweenthe immature stages and the adult called also true bug
2 a : a disease-producing microorganism and especially a germ b : a disease caused by suchmicroorganisms; especially : any of various respiratory conditions (as influenza or grippe) of virus origin
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

bug (bŭg)
n.

  1. A true bug, specifically one having a beaklike structure that allows piercing and sucking.

  2. An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig.

  3. A disease-producing microorganism, such as a flu bug.

  4. The illness or disease so produced.

  5. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

bug off

Also, bugger off. Go away, as in Bug off before I call the police. Both terms are often used as an imperative, as in the example, and the variant is heard more in Britain than in America. [Slang; c. 1900] For a synonym, see buzz off.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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