- bug
- I UK [bʌɡ] / US
noun
Word forms "bug":
singular bug plural bugs
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1) [countable] informal an infectious but usually minor illnessget/pick up a bug (= develop an illness):a flu bug
You must have picked up a bug on holiday.
2) [countable] computing a minor fault in a computer system or in a computer programThe new program still has some bugs in it.
3) [singular] informal a sudden strong enthusiasm for doing somethingbe bitten by the travel/fitness/cooking etc bug (= to suddenly become enthusiastic about it):I'd been bitten by the back-packing bug.
4) [countable] a small piece of electronic equipment used for secretly listening to what people are sayingDetectives had planted (= put) a bug in his hotel room.
5) [countable] informal an insectThere were bugs crawling all over the kitchen floor.
II UK [bʌɡ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "bug":
present tense I/you/we/they bug he/she/it bugs present participle bugging past tense bugged past participle bugged1)a) informal to annoy someoneIt really bugs me when people smoke in restaurants.
b) to continue asking someone to do something in a way that annoys thembug someone to do something:She keeps bugging me to paint the kitchen.
2) to hide a small piece of electronic equipment somewhere so that you can secretly listen to what people are sayingPhrasal verbs:He was convinced that his office was bugged.
- bug off- bug out
English dictionary. 2014.