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bug English

Meaning bug meaning

What does bug mean?
Definitions in simple English

bug Noun

— An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"). — Any insect or spider may often be called a bug. These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them. — A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing. The computer program has a bug in it. — A contagious illness caused by bacteria or a virus. He’s got the flu bug. — An enthusiasm for something; an obsession. I think he’s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage. to catch the skiing bug — An electronic listening device. We installed a bug in her telephone. — A small or invisible image on a webpage that is used to track persons who viewed it. He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site. — A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it. He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen. — Figurative - A manually positioned marker in flight instruments. — A semi-automated telegraph key.

bug Verb

— To annoy. Don’t bug me, I’m busy! — To put an electronic listening device somewhere. We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

bug

— noun general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate — verb (= tease) annoy persistently The children teased the boy because of his stammer — noun a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly — noun a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine — noun (= hemipterous insect) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis — noun (= microbe) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use — verb (= tap) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy Is this hotel room bugged?

Synonyms bug synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bug?

Bug English » English

Beetle Western Bug Weevil

bug English » English

insect wiretap beetle tap vex germ bother bedbug annoy pester worm mistake microbe glitch error trouble tease irritate intercept fault eavesdrop defect cockroach virus vermin rile overhear nettle needle nag moth monitor hemipterous insect hemipteron hemipteran hassle harass gall fly flea failure creepy-crawly blunder beleaguer badger aggravate aberration wrinkle wire wall-louse

Topics bug topics

What do people use bug to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Insect

  • What general words refer to insects?
    insect bug
Person Sense, perceive

Hear
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Listen
Person Healthy

Disease
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Angry

Annoyed
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Small animals
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals

Conjugation bug conjugation

How do you conjugate bug?

bug · verb

Examples bug examples

How do I use bug in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
The bug is still alive.
I think I caught a bug over the weekend.
Every non-trivial program has at least one bug.
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.
We are working to fix this bug.
We're working to fix this bug.
Bug off!
He's watching the bug.
The bug is thirsty.
One morning, Gregor Samsa woke from a rough night's sleep and found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous bug.
I got a bug in my eye and I can't get it out.
This isn't a bug, its an undocumented enhancement.
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
The bug has been corrected.
I didn't want to bug you.

Movie subtitles

How are the bug bites?
Like a bug.
She's the one with the travel bug.
The bug planted on his transmitter is still responding.
Acchhk. Sorry, got a bug in my mouth.
I'd squish him like a bug.
They'll shove you in the bug house.
Manuel said that any fish that ate a bug was some kind of a frog.
If I drew a draft, they'd be on me like a duck on a June bug.
Not while it would bug up everything.
Hey, toss this stub bug out of here!
There wasn't a bug I didn't kill.
The big stir-bug was too anxious to get rid of me.
Did you recognize this kissing bug?
But in France, he caught the political bug.
After some extensive research, I've discovered that there's a nanomachine embedded in this bug's belly.
Safe as a bug in a rug.
Listen. In Tonkin I once saw a limp, gooey bug. Just seeing it wiggle made me want to puke.
Isn't it curious, there was Lorraine snug as a bug in somebody's patio in Palm Beach?
As snug as a bug in a box.
You guys have been shining' them bug torches in your eyes so long you're dizzy. What're you doin', Pittsburgh?
Oh, a bug hunter, let me take those.
I'm sorry about that kissing bug.
I told you he had the bug.
Now listen, love-bug, flop on this job and it's a permanent flop.
Oh, don't bug me with your parachute, Sir!
Bug off!
Just like a bug takin' a walk.
Some kind of bug.
With his clothes, his papers and his wife I could be snug as a bug in a rug.
Of course, they can do the same thing to me, watch me like a bug under a glass, if they want to.
A moth, a bug?
But I'm gonna find that bug.
Not a leaf of grass, nor a bush, bug, nothing.

News and current affairs

But now the nationalist bug has infected the EU itself.
For example, in his book Flat Earth News, the investigative journalist Nick Davies reminds us of the millennium bug panic.
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