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- pronunciation:
- buhg
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- bug off, bug out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any of a large group of insects with sucking mouths and forewings thickened at the base, such as the water bug.
The stink bug is native to China and Japan. |
| definition 2: |
(informal) any insect or insect-like organism.
The screens keep most of the bugs from getting in.She let out a scream when a large bug landed on her face.
- synonyms:
- insect
- similar words:
- arthropod, fly, gnat, vermin
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a virus or bacterium, esp. one that causes disease, or a disease caused by such a virus or bacterium.
He must have caught some bug when he was on vacation.She was absent for several days with an awful bug.- synonyms:
- germ
- similar words:
- bacterium, illness, infection, sickness, virus
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| definition 4: |
(informal) a flaw that prevents something from working properly.
I hope you can fix this bug in my computer program.- synonyms:
- defect, fault, flaw
- similar words:
- drawback, error, imperfection
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| definition 5: |
(informal) an electronic listening device that has been secretly installed.
The security police had put several bugs in his apartment.- synonyms:
- tap, wiretap
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| related words: |
cold, disease, fault |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
bugs, bugging, bugged |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to annoy or pester.
The sound of that dripping really bugs me.Don't bug me when I'm trying to study!It bugs me that she never answers her phone.It bugs her when people cut into the ticket line.It bugs me to have to remind her to clean up after herself.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, irritate
- similar words:
- anger, badger, disturb, eat, get one's goat, harass, irk, nag, needle, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rasp, trouble
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| definition 2: |
(informal) to perplex, disturb, or bother.
This one problem is still bugging me; I just can't figure it out.Doesn't it bug you that you were the only one who didn't get invited?It worries me when our son acts like that, but it doesn't seem to bug my wife. |
| definition 3: |
(informal) to persistently request.
I have to bug him to take his pills; otherwise, he doesn't bother to take them.The kids have been bugging me to take them to the pool all morning. |
| related words: |
aggravate, beset, devil, exasperate, harry, irritate, madden |
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| phrase: |
bug off, bug out |
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