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- pronunciation:
- buhg
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an insect with front wings that are thick at the base and thin at the tip. There are many kinds of bugs. All have mouths made for sucking, and most feed on plants.
The stink bug is native to China and Japan. |
| definition 2: |
(informal) any insect or small crawling animal, such as a tick or spider.
Spiders and ants are often called bugs.
- synonyms:
- insect
- similar words:
- arthropod, fly, gnat, vermin
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a germ that causes disease or sickness.
She did not come to school all week because she had a flu bug.- synonyms:
- germ
- similar words:
- bacterium, illness, infection, sickness, virus
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| definition 4: |
(informal) a mistake or fault that keeps something from working properly.
Sometimes it is hard to fix bugs in a computer program.- synonyms:
- defect, fault, flaw
- similar words:
- drawback, error
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| definition 5: |
(informal) a tiny microphone hidden for the purpose of listening to and recording voices secretly.
The police put a bug in the suspect's kitchen in order to find out important information. |
| related words: |
cold, disease, fault |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
bugs, bugging, bugged |
| definition: |
to bother or annoy.
Please don't bug me while I'm trying to read.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, irritate
- similar words:
- anger, badger, disturb, eat, harass, nag, needle, pester, plague, provoke, trouble
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| related words: |
aggravate, exasperate, irritate |
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