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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, especially 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.
EXPANDInformal.
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.
COLLAPSEChiefly 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.
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Bugging
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
16.
bug off, Slang. to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.
17.
Idiombug out, Slang. to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.
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, apparently alteration of Middle English budde, Old English -budda beetle; sense “leave” obscurely related to other senses and perhaps of distinct orig.
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, apparently alteration of Middle English budde, Old English -budda beetle; sense “leave” obscurely related to other senses and perhaps of distinct orig.
Related forms
un·bugged, adjective
Synonyms
15. nag, badger, harass, plague, needle.
15. nag, badger, harass, plague, needle.
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Word Origin & History
bug
"to bulge," 1870s, perhaps from a humorous or dialect mispronunciation of bulge. The verb "to annoy, irritate" is first attested 1949, probably in allusion to insect pests, from bug (n.). Sense of "equip with a concealed microphone" is from 1919. Related: Bugged; bugging. Phrase
EXPANDbug off is 1950s, perhaps from bugger off, which is chiefly British (by 1920s) but was picked up in U.S. Air Force slang in the Korean War.
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Medical Dictionary
bug (bŭg)
n.
A true bug, specifically one having a beaklike structure that allows piercing and sucking.
An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig.
A disease-producing microorganism, such as a flu bug.
The illness or disease so produced.
A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.
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Science Dictionary
bug  (bŭg) Pronunciation Key
Our Living Language : The word bug is often used to refer to tiny creatures that crawl along, such as insects and even small animals that are not insects, such as spiders and millipedes. But for scientists the word has a much narrower meaning. In the strictest terms bugs are those insects that have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. The mouthparts of these bugs are contained in a beak-shaped structure. Thus scientists would classify a louse but not a beetle or a cockroach as a bug. In fact, scientists often call lice and their relatives true bugs to distinguish them better from what everyone else calls "bugs." |
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Cultural Dictionary
bug definition
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.
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Slang Dictionary
bug definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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