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noun
- 1. a harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium: informal "their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs"
- 2. a small insect: North American "a thick green scum which crawls with bugs, centipedes, and worse" Similar
verb
- 1. conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly: "their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged"
- 2. annoy or bother (someone): informal "a persistent reporter was bugging me" Similar Opposite
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BUG definition: 1. a very small insect 2. an illness that is usually not serious and is caused by bacteria or a…. Learn more.
The meaning of BUG is any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests —called also true bug.
noun. a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine.
The word bug is used as a catch-all term for small, creepy pests. In general usage, it is used interchangeably with the word insect to refer to things like ants, bees, beetles, and even spiders. Scientists, though, use the words bug and insect to mean slightly different things.
A bug is an illness which is caused by small organisms such as bacteria. [informal] I think I've got a bit of a stomach bug. There was a bug going around at the club. ...the killer brain bug meningitis. Synonyms: illness, disease, complaint, virus More Synonyms of bug. 3. countable noun B2.
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.
Bug Definition. bŭg. bugged, bugging, bugs. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Idiom. Filter. noun. bugs. Any of an order (Hemiptera) of insects with sucking mouthparts and with forewings thickened toward the base, as a water bug or squash bug. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.