bug¹ /bug/

1. A name applied loosely to certain insects, esp of the order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera), and specif to one (Cimex lectularius) that infests houses and beds
2. Any insect or small animal (N American)
3. A disease-germ (informal)
4. A viral disease (informal)
5. A craze, obsession
6. An enthusiast (informal)
7. A crazy person
8. An important person (big bug)
9. A snag, a defect, a fault, now esp in a computer system or program (informal)
10. A hidden microphone
11. A light vehicle stripped of everything inessential
12. A lunar excursion module (qv under module)
13. The weight allowance given to an apprentice jockey (US, racing)

1. To plant a concealed listening device in
2. To annoy, irritate, pester (slang)

bugged adjective

buggˈing noun and adjective

buggˈy adjective

1. Infested with bugs
2. Crazy, batty (US inf)

bugˈbane or bugˈwort noun

A ranunculaceous plant (Cimicifuga foetida) related to baneberry, reputed to drive away insects

bugˈhouse (slang) noun

1. A mental hospital (US)
2. A cinema

adjective

Insane

bugˈ-hunter noun (informal)

A collecting entomologist

bugwort see bugbane above.

bug² /bug/ (N American)

(with out) to desert or retreat, esp in panic

bugˈ-out noun

1. Desertion
2. A deserter

bug³ /bug/ (US inf)

(of the eyes) to start or bulge

bugˈ-eyed adjective

With eyes protruding in astonishment, etc

• elbow-chairs
• elbowed
• elbow-grease
• elbowing
• elbow macaroni
• elbow out
• elbow-room
• elbow-rooms
• elbows
• elchee
• elchees
• elchi
• elchis
• eld
• elder
• elder abuse
• elderberries
• elderberry
• elderberry wine
• Elder brethren
• elder care
• elderflower
• elderflower water
• elder-gun
• elder-guns