Meaning

5 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To annoy.

    Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

    nerven, auf die Nerven gehen, auf die Nerven fallen

    надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, достава́тьdostavátʹ

    annoy persistently

  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.

    verwanzen

  4. (intransitive)To bulge or protrude.

  5. (transitive)To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.

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. — deniko

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

  2. Do you like bugs?

    Тобi подобаються комахи? — ElSwanko

    ruТы любишь букашек? — Selena777

    deMagst du Insekten? — BraveSentry

  3. I swallowed a bug.

    Я проковтнув жука. — deniko

    ruЯ букашку проглотил. — marafon

    deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Is something bugging you?

    Щось тебе непокоїть? — deniko

  5. Tom found the bug.

    Том знайшов глюк. — deniko

    deTom hat den Programmfehler gefunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to annoy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to annoy:
to install an electronic listening device in:

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

bugs, bugging, bugged, bugged
Base formbug · to bug
3rd person singularbugs
Present participlebugging
Past simplebugged
Past participlebugged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybug
he, she, itbugs

Past simpleLesson

all personsbugged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bugged
he, she, ithas bugged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bug

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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