bug

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/bʌɡ/

noun 7verb 5name 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.) infectious illness

ADJ

nasty | flu, stomach, tummy

VERB + BUG

have | catch, come/go down with, get, pick up

BUG + VERB

go around/round

There's a nasty flu bug going around the office this week.

strike sb down

PREP

with a/the ~

She stayed home yesterday with a stomach bug.

(noun.) sudden interest in sth

VERB + BUG

be bitten by, catch, get

My brother caught the cooking bug after watching that new restaurant show last month.

BUG + VERB

bite (sb)

(noun.) sth wrong in a system/machine

ADJ

minor, slight | computer, software

Definitions

noun

An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs […] are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

Any minibeast.

verb

To annoy.

Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.

I'm worried about Wallace. He's been buggin' all week.

To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

To bulge or protrude.

I well remember the combination of excitement and apprehension with which I tentatively entered my first "rap." My eyes bugged open. There must have been 25 women in the room. I don't think I had ever seen so many lesbians all together in one place before.

To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.

You (or the autopilot) are still steering to the bugged heading […]

name

An East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).

A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium)

microbe
germ

noun — insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and

hemipteran
hemipteron

noun — a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

glitch

verb — annoy persistently

verb — tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

wiretap
tap
intercept

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bug off

Used to tell somebody to leave one alone.

bug storm

A large number of insects in the air, especially when passed through by a vehicle.

The fun and free “vibe” all changed when we hit a bug storm, getting bugs in our mouth and a few stings in the face.

put a bug in someone's ear

To make a small suggestion or give a hint that causes the listener to act.

All in all, the preparation of Seuils had put a nasty bug in my ear that was to bear all its fruit only ten years later—if bugs can bear fruit—and not without intermediate phases.

Example Bank

Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs […] are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

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These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

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A: Eew, what is that thing?! Is that a bug?! B: No, it's a spider. And don't worry: she's not gonna hurt you.

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Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

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I'm worried about Wallace. He's been buggin' all week.

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We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bug is marked as informal, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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