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bug


Definition: Meaning of, bug in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bʌɡ /

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bug bugs
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  1. informal an illness that people catch very easily from each other but is not very serious
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  2. especially American English a small insect
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  3. a fault in the system of instructions that operates a computer
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  4. a small piece of electronic equipment for listening secretly to other people's conversations
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  5. informal a sudden strong interest in doing something
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
bug bugged bugged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
bugging bugs
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  1. informal to annoy someone
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  2. to put a BUG (= small piece of electronic equipment) somewhere secretly in order to listen to conversations
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Bug


Definition: Meaning of, Bug in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bʌg /

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[American English] [informal]
  1. a BEETLE (= type of small Volkswagen car)
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Bug used in phrases

  • June bug (noun)
    1. any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
  • May bug (noun)
    1. any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
    2. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
  • assassin bug (noun)
    1. a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
  • boat bug (noun)
    1. carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
  • bug-hunter (noun)
    1. a zoologist who studies insects
  • carpet bug (noun)
    1. small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woollen fabrics
  • chinch bug (noun)
    1. small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
  • cone-nosed bug (noun)
    1. large bloodsucking bug
  • conenose bug (noun)
    1. large bloodsucking bug
  • coreid bug (noun)
    1. a true bug
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Bug used in phrasal verbs

  • bug off (phrasal verb)
    1. used for telling someone rudely to go away
  • bug out (phrasal verb)
    1. if someone’s eyes bug out, they open very wide, for example because the person is shocked by something
    2. informal to leave quickly
  • bugger about (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to waste time behaving in a silly way
    2. [transitive] bugger someone about/around to cause problems for someone
  • bugger off (phrasal verb)
    1. [usually in imperative] used for telling someone rudely to go away
    2. to leave or go away
  • bugger up (phrasal verb)
    1. to spoil something or do something badly
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