- a hemipterous insect.
- (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
- any microorganism, especially a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug.
- a defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program, or plan; glitch: The test flight discovered the bugs in the new plane.
- Informal.
- a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: My wife is a real adventure bug, so we had a pretty thrilling, action-packed holiday.
- a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.
- Informal.
- a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device.
- any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location.
- a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc.
- the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.
- a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other.
- a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush.
- a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop.
- any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect.
- a bedbug.
- to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged.
- to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business.
- to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.
- to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.
- to give someone a subtle suggestion; hint: We put a bug in his ear about a new gymnasium.
- a bogy; hobgoblin.
- a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and forming part of the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, flowing NW to the Vistula River in Poland. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE to the Dnieper estuary. About 530 miles (850 km) long.
- any insect of the order Hemiptera, esp any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum)
- any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug
- informal
- a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease
- a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
- an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc)
- a person having such a craze; enthusiast
- an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program
- a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying
- (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush
- to irritate; bother
- to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc)
- (of eyes) to protrude
- an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin
- a past tense and past participle of big 2
- a river in E Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing southeast to the Dnieper estuary and the Black Sea. Length: 853 km (530 miles)
- a river in E Europe, rising in SW Ukraine and flowing northwest to the River Vistula in Poland, forming part of the border between Poland and Ukraine. Length: 724 km (450 miles)
