Meaning

26 senses

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

    Wanze, Schnabelkerf

    клопklop

    клопklop

  2. (informal, proscribed)Any motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.

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

  3. (informal)Any minibeast.

  4. Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.

    (informal)Any insect.

    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.

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

  6. (informal, slang)A trilobite.

  7. (Maine, informal)A lobster.

  8. (jargon)A problem that needs fixing.

    The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.

    Fehler, Fehlfunktion, Bug

    багbag, оши́бкаošíbka, дефе́ктdefékt

    поми́лкаpomýlka, багbah

  9. A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

    He's got the flu bug.

    Bazillus, Mikrobe

    ви́русное заболева́ниеvírusnoje zabolevánije, ви́русvírus, инфе́кцияinfékcija

  10. (informal)An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

    I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.

    Fieber

    помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo, пове́триеpovétrije, увлече́ниеuvlečénije

  11. (informal)A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.

  12. A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device

    We installed a bug in her telephone.

More definitions
  • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
  • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
  • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
  • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Examples

391 sentences

  1. I got a bug in my eye and I can't get it out.

    Мені в око потрапила комаха і я не можу її позбавитися.

    ruМне в глаз попала мушка, и я не могу её убрать.

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  2. Do you like bugs?

    Тобi подобаються комахи?

    ruТы любишь букашек?

    deMagst du Insekten?

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  3. I swallowed a bug.

    Я проковтнув жука.

    ruЯ букашку проглотил.

    deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt!

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  4. Is something bugging you?

    Щось тебе непокоїть?

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  5. Tom found the bug.

    Том знайшов глюк.

    deTom hat den Programmfehler gefunden.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a colloquial name for various arthropods and other similar creeping creatures:
an insect of the order Hemiptera:
problem that needs fixing (especially in computing):
Русский
By meaning 6
a colloquial name for various arthropods and other similar creeping creatures:
an insect of the order Hemiptera:
problem that needs fixing (especially in computing):
contagious illness, bacteria, virus:
an enthusiasm for something:
an electronic listening device:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
a colloquial name for various arthropods and other similar creeping creatures:
an insect of the order Hemiptera:
problem that needs fixing (especially in computing):
contagious illness, bacteria, virus:
an enthusiasm for something:
a small image placed in a corner of a television program:

Origin

First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a “bedbug”), from earlier bugge (“be

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:

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Forms

plural: bugs
Singularbug
Pluralbugs

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
wireB1defectglitchbogbogeybogleboggleboggardbugbearoil bugbug boyunion bug
Close in meaning
  • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine:glitch
  • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use:microbegerm
  • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis:hemipterous insecthemipteranhemipteron

Word family

193 related words
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Derivedambush bugantibugarithmetic bugarmadillo bugassassin bugbagrada bugbait bugbat bugbeard bugbedbugbeer bugbeetle bugboat bugbohrbugbow bugbroad-headed bugbuffalo bugbug-a-boobugbanebugbearbug bombbug-chaserbug-chasingbug check

See also

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