bug

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noun

Plural noun:

bugsbugg

1.
(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
2.
Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
3.
(informal, proscribed)Any insect, or sometimes an arachnid, crustacean, or other arthropod, especially one that is small, terrestrial, or seen as a pest.
These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.
4.
(informal)Any minibeast.
5.
(UK, obsolete, specifically)A bedbug.
6.
(jargon)(chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.
Đồng nghĩa: defect, glitch
7.
A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
He's got the flu bug.
8.
(informal)An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.
9.
(informal)A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
10.
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
We installed a bug in her telephone.
Đồng nghĩa: wire
11.
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
He suspected the image was a Web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.
12.
(Maine)A lobster.

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verb

V_es/s

bugs

V_ing/Gerund

bugging

V_ed/pp

buggedbugg

1.
(informal, transitive)To annoy.
Don’t bug me, I’m busy!
2.
(informal, intransitive)To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
I'm worried about Wallace. He's been buggin' all week.
3.
(transitive)To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.
Đồng nghĩa: wire
4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
5.
(transitive)To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.

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First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a “bedbug”), from earlier bugge (beetle), from Middle English bugge (scarecrow, hobgoblin) which is traced alternatively to: * a Celtic root found in bogill and obsolete bwg; compare Welsh bwgwl (threat, fear) and bocanách supernatural being. * Proto-Germanic *bugja- (swollen up, thick), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (to swell);