Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.

    Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.

    Wanze, Bettwanze, Hauswanze

    клопklop, посте́льный клопpostélʹnyj klop

    пості́льний клопpostílʹnyj klop, клопklop

  2. Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.

More definitions
  • bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Are those bedbugs?

    ruЭто клопы?

    deSind das Bettwanzen?

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  2. How to get rid of bedbugs?

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  3. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.

    deSchlafe gut und träume süß!

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  4. Bedbugs have invaded France.

    deBettwanzen haben Frankreich überfallen.

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  5. Bret Stephens is a bedbug.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small nocturnal insect pest of humans:
Русский
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small nocturnal insect pest of humans:
Deutsch
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small nocturnal insect pest of humans:

Forms

plural: bedbugs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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