bug

[ buhg ]

/ bʌg /

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noun

Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.

(loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate.

Informal. any microorganism, especially a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug.

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.

Informal.

a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: a hi-fi bug.
a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.

Informal.

a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device.
any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location.

a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc.

Horse Racing. the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.

a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other.

Poker Slang. a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush.

Printing. a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop.

any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect.

Chiefly British. a bedbug.

verb (used with object), bugged, bug·ging.Informal.

to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged.

to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business.

Verb Phrases

bug off, Slang. to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.

bug out, Slang. to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.

Idioms for bug

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 of bug

First recorded in 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”; the sense “leave” (in bug off) is obscurely related to other senses and perhaps is of distinct origin

SYNONYMS FOR bug

15 nag, badger, harass, plague, needle.

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OTHER WORDS FROM bug

un·bugged, adjective

Words nearby bug

buffy, buffy coat, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufotoxin, bug, bugaboo, bugaku, bugaloo, Buganda, Bugatti

Definition for bug (2 of 3)

bug²

[ buhg ]

/ bʌg /

noun Obsolete.

a bogy; hobgoblin.

Origin of bug

1350–1400; Middle English bugge scarecrow, demon, perhaps <Welsh bwg ghost

Definition for bug (3 of 3)

Bug

[ buhg; Polish, Russian book ]

/ bʌg; Polish, Russian buk /

noun

Also called Western Bug . a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and forming part of the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, flowing NW to the Vistula River in Poland. 450 miles (725 km) long.

Also called Southern Bug . a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE to the Dnieper estuary. About 530 miles (850 km) long.

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for bug

A scuffle with WordPress, the website-building service, erupted last week after Apple booted the developer from the App Store, preventing WordPress from issuing updates, such as bug fixes, to its iOS app.
Why Apple let WordPress walk but continues to fight Fortnite’s Epic Games|rhhackettfortune|August 25, 2020|Fortune
The secrecy, at least for the people who helped design the system, is a feature not a bug.
Federal Prosecutors Have Steve Bannon’s Murky Nonprofit in Their Sights|by Yeganeh Torbati|August 24, 2020|ProPublica
In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard described her horror at watching a frog whose innards were liquefied and then sucked dry by a giant water bug.
Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Good - Issue 89: The Dark Side|David P. Barash|August 19, 2020|Nautilus
Google has now explained the massive search bug from yesterday was related to an issue with its indexing systems.
Google Search bug caused by issue with its ‘indexing systems’|Barry Schwartz|August 11, 2020|Search Engine Land

Google has had some search bugs over the past year, mostly around crawling and indexing.
A Google Search bug wreaked havoc on the search results Monday night|Barry Schwartz|August 11, 2020|Search Engine Land
I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex|Aurora Snow|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But is bug protein really any better than traditional protein sources, like chicken, or your go-to protein powder?
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?|DailyBurn|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their company, Ready to Go Survival, sells prepacked survival, or “bug out,” bags and kits.
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola|Nina Strochlic|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Silver turns out to be wrong about this election Wang told me Silver “can eat a bug.”
Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate|Linda Killian|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Across business, foreign policy, and popular culture, more Americans are discovering Africa and catching the bug.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It)|Todd Moss|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The term "bug" has almost become a popular synonym for "insect."
Eye Spy|William Hamilton Gibson
Bug's hair was a mop of soft ringlets, and his brown eyes and innocent baby face were appealing.
A Master's Degree|Margaret Hill McCarter
It may be true, but a person who was not a naturalist would feel safer about it if he had the opinion of the bug.
Essays on Paul Bourget|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He sees here mounted specimens of bug and butterfly, bird, fish and beast.
The Old World and Its Ways|William Jennings Bryan
But there it was, the bug had been seen, and the whole room was overhauled.
The Bonadventure|Edmund Blunden

British Dictionary definitions for bug (1 of 4)

bug¹

/ (bʌɡ) /

noun

any insect of the order Hemiptera, esp any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum)See also assassin bug, bedbug, chinch bug

mainly US and Canadian any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug

informal

a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease
a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism

informal an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc)

informal a person having such a craze; enthusiast

(often plural) informal an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program

informal a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying

US (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush

verb bugs, bugging or bugged informal

(tr) to irritate; bother

(tr) to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc)

(intr) US (of eyes) to protrude

Word Origin for bug

C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English budda beetle

British Dictionary definitions for bug (2 of 4)

bug²

/ (bʌɡ) /

noun

obsolete an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin

Word Origin for bug

C14 bugge, perhaps from Middle Welsh bwg ghost. See also bugbear, bugaboo

British Dictionary definitions for bug (3 of 4)

bug³

/ (bʌɡ) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of big 2

British Dictionary definitions for bug (4 of 4)

Bug

/ (Russian buk) /

noun

Also called: Southern Bug a river in E Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing southeast to the Dnieper estuary and the Black Sea. Length: 853 km (530 miles)

Also called: Western Bug a river in E Europe, rising in SW Ukraine and flowing northwest to the River Vistula in Poland, forming part of the border between Poland and Ukraine. Length: 724 km (450 miles)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with bug

bug

In addition to the idioms beginning with bug

bug off
bug out

also see:

cute as a button (bug's ear)
put a bug in someone's ear
snug as a bug in a rug
what's eating (bugging) you

Cultural definitions for bug

bug

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

notes for bug

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.

Medical definitions for bug

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.

Scientific definitions for bug

bug

[ bŭg ]

An insect belonging to the suborder Heteroptera. See more at true bug.

An insect, spider, or similar organism. Not in scientific use.

Usage

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.

单词	bug
释义	bug ¹ [ buhg ] / bʌg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bug ON THESAURUS.COM noun Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate. Informal. any microorganism, especially a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug. 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. Informal. a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: a hi-fi bug. a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug. Informal. a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device. any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location. a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc. Horse Racing. the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey. a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other. Poker Slang. a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush. Printing. a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop. any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect. Chiefly British. a bedbug. verb (used with object), bugged, bug·ging.Informal. to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged. to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business. Verb Phrases bug off, Slang. to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off. bug out, Slang. to flee in panic; show panic or alarm. Idioms for bug 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 of bug ¹ First recorded in 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”; the sense “leave” (in bug off) is obscurely related to other senses and perhaps is of distinct origin SYNONYMS FOR bug 15 nag, badger, harass, plague, needle. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bug ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM bug un·bugged, adjective Words nearby bug buffy, buffy coat, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufotoxin, bug, bugaboo, bugaku, bugaloo, Buganda, Bugatti Definition for bug (2 of 3) bug² [ buhg ] / bʌg / noun Obsolete. a bogy; hobgoblin. Origin of bug ² 1350–1400; Middle English bugge scarecrow, demon, perhaps <Welsh bwg ghost Definition for bug (3 of 3) Bug [ buhg; Polish, Russian book ] / bʌg; Polish, Russian buk / noun Also called Western Bug . a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and forming part of the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, flowing NW to the Vistula River in Poland. 450 miles (725 km) long. Also called Southern Bug . a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE to the Dnieper estuary. About 530 miles (850 km) long. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bug A scuffle with WordPress, the website-building service, erupted last week after Apple booted the developer from the App Store, preventing WordPress from issuing updates, such as bug fixes, to its iOS app. Why Apple let WordPress walk but continues to fight Fortnite’s Epic Games\|rhhackettfortune\|August 25, 2020\|Fortune The secrecy, at least for the people who helped design the system, is a feature not a bug. Federal Prosecutors Have Steve Bannon’s Murky Nonprofit in Their Sights\|by Yeganeh Torbati\|August 24, 2020\|ProPublica In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard described her horror at watching a frog whose innards were liquefied and then sucked dry by a giant water bug. Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Good - Issue 89: The Dark Side\|David P. Barash\|August 19, 2020\|Nautilus Google has now explained the massive search bug from yesterday was related to an issue with its indexing systems. Google Search bug caused by issue with its ‘indexing systems’\|Barry Schwartz\|August 11, 2020\|Search Engine Land Google has had some search bugs over the past year, mostly around crawling and indexing. A Google Search bug wreaked havoc on the search results Monday night\|Barry Schwartz\|August 11, 2020\|Search Engine Land I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug. Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex\|Aurora Snow\|December 27, 2014\|DAILY BEAST But is bug protein really any better than traditional protein sources, like chicken, or your go-to protein powder? Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?\|DailyBurn\|November 21, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Their company, Ready to Go Survival, sells prepacked survival, or “bug out,” bags and kits. Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola\|Nina Strochlic\|October 17, 2014\|DAILY BEAST If Silver turns out to be wrong about this election Wang told me Silver “can eat a bug.” Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate\|Linda Killian\|September 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Across business, foreign policy, and popular culture, more Americans are discovering Africa and catching the bug. How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It)\|Todd Moss\|September 9, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The term "bug" has almost become a popular synonym for "insect." Eye Spy\|William Hamilton Gibson Bug's hair was a mop of soft ringlets, and his brown eyes and innocent baby face were appealing. A Master's Degree\|Margaret Hill McCarter It may be true, but a person who was not a naturalist would feel safer about it if he had the opinion of the bug. Essays on Paul Bourget\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) He sees here mounted specimens of bug and butterfly, bird, fish and beast. The Old World and Its Ways\|William Jennings Bryan But there it was, the bug had been seen, and the whole room was overhauled. The Bonadventure\|Edmund Blunden British Dictionary definitions for bug (1 of 4) bug¹ / (bʌɡ) / noun any insect of the order Hemiptera, esp any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum)See also assassin bug, bedbug, chinch bug mainly US and Canadian any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug informal a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism informal an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc) informal a person having such a craze; enthusiast (often plural) informal an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program informal a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying US (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush verb bugs, bugging or bugged informal (tr) to irritate; bother (tr) to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc) (intr) US (of eyes) to protrude See also bug out Word Origin for bug C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English budda beetle British Dictionary definitions for bug (2 of 4) bug² / (bʌɡ) / noun obsolete an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin Word Origin for bug C14 bugge, perhaps from Middle Welsh bwg ghost. See also bugbear, bugaboo British Dictionary definitions for bug (3 of 4) bug³ / (bʌɡ) / verb a past tense and past participle of big 2 British Dictionary definitions for bug (4 of 4) Bug / (Russian buk) / noun Also called: Southern Bug a river in E Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing southeast to the Dnieper estuary and the Black Sea. Length: 853 km (530 miles) Also called: Western Bug a river in E Europe, rising in SW Ukraine and flowing northwest to the River Vistula in Poland, forming part of the border between Poland and Ukraine. Length: 724 km (450 miles) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bug bug In addition to the idioms beginning with bug bug off bug out also see: cute as a button (bug's ear) put a bug in someone's ear snug as a bug in a rug what's eating (bugging) you The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to bug microbe, virus, disease, infection, germ, pest, ant, flea, beetle, breakdown, flaw, defect, failure, error, trouble, problem, annoy, harass, pester, irk Cultural definitions for bug bug A generic term that describes a malfunction of undetermined origin in a computer or other electronic device. notes for bug 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 New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for bug 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. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for bug bug [ bŭg ] An insect belonging to the suborder Heteroptera. See more at true bug. An insect, spider, or similar organism. Not in scientific use. Usage 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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bug

noun

verb (used with object), bugged, bug·ging.Informal.

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Definition for bug (2 of 3)

noun Obsolete.

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noun

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noun

verb bugs, bugging or bugged informal

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noun

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verb

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noun

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