bug
To annoyTo annoy.
» I got a bug in my eye and I can't get it out.
Мне в глаз попала мушка, и я не могу её убрать.
Мені в око потрапила комаха і я не можу її позбавитися.
Meaning
5 senses(informal, transitive)To annoy.
Don’t bug me, I’m busy!
nerven, auf die Nerven gehen, auf die Nerven fallen
надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, достава́тьdostavátʹ
annoy persistently
(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.
(transitive)To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.
verwanzen
(intransitive)To bulge or protrude.
(transitive)To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
Examples
391 sentencesI 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
Do you like bugs?
Тобi подобаються комахи? — ElSwanko
ruТы любишь букашек? — Selena777
deMagst du Insekten? — BraveSentry
I swallowed a bug.
Я проковтнув жука. — deniko
ruЯ букашку проглотил. — marafon
deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is something bugging you?
Щось тебе непокоїть? — deniko
Tom found the bug.
Том знайшов глюк. — deniko
deTom hat den Programmfehler gefunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a “bedbug”), from earlier bugge (“beFirst 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, buggedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle