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Bug
(bo͞og, bo͞ok)1. also Western Bug A river of eastern Europe rising in southwest Ukraine and flowing about 770 km (480 mi) through Poland to the Vistula River near Warsaw.
2. also Southern Bug A river of southern Ukraine rising in the southwest part and flowing about 853 km (530 mi) generally southeast to the Black Sea.
bug
(bŭg)n.
1.
a. An insect having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking, such as an aphid, a bedbug, or a stinkbug.
b. An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.
c. A small invertebrate with many legs, such as a spider or a centipede.
2.
a. A disease-producing microorganism or agent: a flu bug.
b. The illness or disease so produced: took several days to get over the bug.
3.
a. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.
b. Computers A defect in the code or routine of a program.
4. An enthusiasm or obsession: got bitten by the writing bug.
5. An enthusiast or devotee; a buff: a model train bug.
6. An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance: planted a bug in the suspect's room.
v. bugged, bug·ging, bugs
v.intr.
To grow large; bulge: My eyes bugged when I saw the mess.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1.
a. To annoy; pester.
b. To prey on; worry: a memory that bugged me for years.
2. To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.
3. To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.
bug off Slang
To leave someone alone; go away.
bug out Slang
Idiom: 1. To leave or quit, usually in a hurry.
2. To avoid a responsibility or duty. Often used with on or of: bugged out on his partners at the first sign of trouble.
put a bug in (someone's) ear Informal
To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.
[Perhaps alteration (influenced by obsolete bug, hobgoblin; see bugbear) of Middle English boude, budde, beetle, weevil, from Old English -budda as in scearnbudda, dung beetle; akin to Low German dialectal budde, louse.]
bug′ger n.
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bug
(bʌɡ)n
1. (Animals) any insect of the order Hemiptera, esp any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum). See also assassin bug, bedbug, chinch bug
2. (Zoology) chiefly US and Canadian any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug
3. (Microbiology) informal
a. a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease
b. a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
4. informal an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc)
5. informal a person having such a craze; enthusiast
6. (Computer Science) (often plural) informal an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program
7. informal a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying
8. (Card Games) US (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush
vb, bugs, bugging or bugged
9. (tr) to irritate; bother
10. (tr) to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc)
11. (Anatomy) (intr) US (of eyes) to protrude
[C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English budda beetle]
bug
(bʌɡ)n
(European Myth & Legend) obsolete an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin
[C14 bugge, perhaps from Middle Welsh bwg ghost. See also bugbear, bugaboo]
bug
(bʌɡ)vb
a past tense and past participle of big2
Bug
(Russian buk)n
1. (Placename) Also called: Southern Bug 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)
2. (Placename) Also called: Western Bug 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)
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bug
(bʌg)n., v. bugged, bug•ging. n.
1. Also called true bug. any insect of the order Hemiptera, characterized by sucking mouthparts and thickened, leathery forewings.
2. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
3. Informal. any microorganism, esp. a virus: an intestinal bug.
4. a defect, error, or imperfection, as in computer software.
5. Informal.
a. an often short-lived enthusiasm; a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.
b. an enthusiast; fan; hobbyist: a camera bug.
6. a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device.
7. Horse Racing. the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.
v.t. 8. to install a secret listening device in or on: The phone was bugged.
9. Informal. to annoy or pester.
v.i. 10. (of eyes) to bulge.
11. bug off, Slang. to leave or depart (often used as a command).
12. bug out, Slang. to flee in panic.
Idioms: put a bug in someone's ear, to give someone a subtle suggestion.
[1615–25; earlier bugge beetle]
Bug
(bug, buk)n.
1. 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 in Poland. 450 mi. (725 km) long.
2. a river in SW Ukraine, flowing SE to the Dnieper estuary. ab. 530 mi. (850 km) long.
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bug
(bŭg) An insect, spider, or similar small organism. In strict scientific usage, a bug is an insect belonging to the order of the true bugs. See true bug.
Usage The word bug is often used to refer to tiny creatures that crawl along, such as insects and even small animals that are not insects, such as spiders and millipedes. But for scientists, the word has a much narrower meaning. In strictest terms, the bugs are those insects that have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. The mouthparts of these bugs are contained in a beak-shaped structure. Thus scientists would classify a louse, but not a beetle or a cockroach, as a bug. In fact, scientists often call lice and their relatives true bugs, to distinguish them better from what everyone else calls "bugs."
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bug
1. A concealed microphone or listening device or other audiosurveillance device.
2. To install means for audiosurveillance.
2. To install means for audiosurveillance.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
bug
Past participle: bugged
Gerund: bugging
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bug
A mistake in a program.
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| Noun | 1. |  bug - general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrateinsect - small air-breathing arthropod |
| 2. | bug - a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |
| 3. | bug - a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly microphone, mike - device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | |
| 4. |  bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisinsect - small air-breathing arthropod Hemiptera, order Hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) lygaeid, lygaeid bug - a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees coreid, coreid bug - a true bug bed bug, bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood backswimmer, Notonecta undulata - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites true bug - any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera | |
| 5. |  bug - a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical usemicroorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size | |
| Verb | 1. |  bug - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| 2. | bug - tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" |
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bug
noun
1. insect, beastie (informal), creepy-crawly (informal), gogga (S. African informal) a bloodsucking bug which infests poor housing
2. (Informal) illness, disease, complaint, virus, infection, disorder, disability, sickness, ailment, malaise, affliction, malady, lurgy (informal) I think I've got a bit of a stomach bug.
3. fault, failing, virus, error, defect, flaw, blemish, imperfection, glitch, gremlin There is a bug in the software.
4. bugging device, wire, listening device, phone tap, hidden microphone There was a bug on the phone.
verb
1. tap, eavesdrop, listen in on, wiretap He heard they were planning to bug his office.
2. (Informal) annoy, bother, disturb, needle (informal), plague, irritate, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (Brit. slang) I only did it to bug my parents.
Bugs
bedbug or (Southern U.S.) chinch, cicada or cicala, damsel bug, debris bug, froghopper, spittle insect, or spittle bug, harlequin bug, kissing bug, lace bug, leaf-hopper, Maori bug, mealy bug, pond-skater, water strider, or water skater, shield bug or stink bug, water boatman, water bug, water scorpionCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bug
noun1. A minute organism usually producing disease:
2. A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature:
3. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure:
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Translations
بَقَّةبَـقَّـهجُرثومَهحَشَرَهميكروفون صَغير مَخْفي
štěnicebacilbroukchybahmyz
insektirritereskjult mikrofonvæggelusvirus
ötökkäpöpöärsyttääbugihäiritä
buba
bélféreglehallgatlehallgatókészülékkel felszerel
baktería; sÿkinghlerunartækikoma fyrir hlerunartæki ípirra, ergjaskordÿr
ばい菌バグ不具合熱盗聴器
벌레
infekcijaįrengti paslėptus mikrofonusnervintipaslėptas mikrofonas
blaktsērcinātiestādīt noklausīšanās ierīcikaitinātkukainis
insectbug
bacilnaštvaťodpočúvacie zariadenie
hroščstenicavirusžuželkabakterija
insekt
แมลง
con rệp
bug
[bʌg]A. N
2. (= germ) → microbio m (fig) (= obsession) → gusanillo m
flu bug → virus m inv de la gripe
there's a bug going around → hay un virus que corre por ahí
I've got the travel bug → me ha picado el gusanillo de los viajes
flu bug → virus m inv de la gripe
there's a bug going around → hay un virus que corre por ahí
I've got the travel bug → me ha picado el gusanillo de los viajes
5. (Comput) → virus m inv
7. (US) (= enthusiast) → aficionado/a m/f, entusiasta mf
B. VT
1. [+ telephone] → intervenir, pinchar; [+ room] → poner un micrófono oculto en; [+ person] → escuchar clandestinamente a, pinchar el teléfono de
my phone is bugged → mi teléfono está pinchado
do you think this room is bugged? → ¿crees que en esta habitación hay un micro oculto?
my phone is bugged → mi teléfono está pinchado
do you think this room is bugged? → ¿crees que en esta habitación hay un micro oculto?
C. CPD bug hunter N → entomólogo/a m/f
bug out VI + ADV (US) → largarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bug
[ˈbʌg] n
(= germ) → virus m, microbe m
There's a bug going round → Il y a un microbe qui traîne.
a stomach bug → une gastroentérite
There's a bug going round → Il y a un microbe qui traîne.
a stomach bug → une gastroentérite
(= spy device) → dispositif m d'écoute, micro m caché
(in program) → bogue m
(in equipment) → défaut m
vt
[+ room] → poser des micros dans; [+ phone] → brancher sur table d'écoute
(= annoy) → embêter, casser les pieds à
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bug
n
(= bugging device) → Wanze f
(inf: = germ, virus) → Bazillus f; I might get your bug → du könntest mich anstecken; he picked up a bug while on holiday (esp Brit) or vacation (US) → er hat sich (dat) → im Urlaub eine Krankheit geholt; there must be a bug going about → das geht zur Zeit um
(inf: = obsession) now he’s got the bug → jetzt hats ihn gepackt (inf); she’s got the travel bug → die Reiselust hat sie gepackt
(Comput) → Programmfehler m, → Bug m (inf)
vt
bug
:bugbear
n → Schreckgespenst nt
bugbite
n → Wanzenstich m; (of other insect) → Insektenstich m
bug-eyed
adj → mit vorstehenden or vorquellenden Augen
bug-free
adj (Comput) → fehlerfrei
bug
:bug-proof
adj room, telephone → abhörsicher
bug report
n (Comput) → Fehlerbericht m
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bug
[bʌg] (fam)1. n
a. (insect) → insetto; (germ) → infezione f, virus m inv (fig) (obsession) → mania, pallino
I've got the travel bug (fig) → mi è presa la mania dei viaggi
I've got the travel bug (fig) → mi è presa la mania dei viaggi
c. (Comput) (in program) → errore m (nel programma), bug m inv
2. vt
a. (telephone) → mettere sotto controllo; (room) → installare microspie in
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bug
(bag) noun1. an insect that lives in dirty houses and beds. a bedbug.
2. an insect. There's a bug crawling up your arm.
3. a germ or infection. a stomach bug.
4. a small hidden microphone.
verb – past tense, past participle bugged – 1. to place small hidden microphones in (a room etc). The spy's bedroom was bugged.
2. to annoy. What's bugging him?
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bug
→ بَقَّة obtížný hmyz insekt Ungeziefer ζωύφιο bicho ötökkä insecte buba insetto 虫 벌레 insect insekt robak insecto, inseto кровососущее насекомое insekt แมลง böcek con rệp 小虫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bug
n (fam) (insect) insecto, bicho; (microbe) microbio, virus m, bacteria; (illness) gripe f, resfriado, enfermedad f de tipo gripalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.