Bug (b g, bk)1. also Western Bug A river of eastern Europe rising in southwest Ukraine and flowing about 772 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 (b g)n. 1. A true bug. 2. An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig. See Regional Note at lightning bug. 3. a. A disease-producing microorganism: a flu bug. b. The illness or disease so produced: "stomach flu, a cold, or just some bug going around" (David Smollar). 4. a. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design. b. Computer Science A defect in the code or routine of a program. 5. An enthusiasm or obsession: got bitten by the writing bug. 6. An enthusiast or devotee; a buff: a model train bug. 7. 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. [Origin unknown.] bug  ger n. |
bug
Noun
1. any of various insects having piercing and sucking mouthparts
2. Chiefly US & Canad any insect
3. Informal a minor illness caused by a germ or virus
4. Informal an obsessive idea or hobby
5. Informal a concealed microphone used for recording conversations in spying
6. Austral a flattish edible shellfish
Verb
[bugging, bugged] Informal
1. to irritate or upset (someone)
2. to conceal a microphone in (a room or telephone) [origin unknown]
| bug (bg) 1. An insect belonging to the suborder Heteroptera. See more at true bug. 2. An insect, spider, or similar organism. Not in scientific use. 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 the strictest terms 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." |
1. A concealed microphone or listening device or other audiosurveillance device.
2. To install means for audiosurveillance.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 usemicro-organism, microorganism - 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?" |
bug
noun 1. (Informal) illness, disease, complaint, virus, infection, disorder, disability, sickness, ailment, malaise, affliction, malady, lurgy (informal)
verb 5. (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) get in your hair (informal) get on your wick Brit. (slang) hack you off (informal)
Translations
bug [bʌg] n (insect) → chinche m: (gen) → bicho, sabandija (= germ); microbio, bacilo (= spy device); micrófono oculto;
I've got the travel bug (fig) → me encanta viajar;
bug [bʌg] n (= bedbug etc) → punaise f;
(esp US) (any insect) → insecte m, bestiole f (fig) (= germ); virus m, microbe m (= spy device); dispositif m d'écoute (électronique), micro clandestin;
(inf) (= annoy); embêter;
bug [bʌg] n (esp US) → Insekt nt;
(Comput) (of program) → Programmfehler m;
(hidden microphone) → Wanze f
vt (inf) → nerven;
(telephone etc) → abhören;
(room) → verwanzen;
n bug [bag]
1 an insect that lives in dirty houses and beds a bedbug. weeluis بَـقَّـه дървеница štěnice væggelus die Wanze κοριός chinche lutikas شبگز؛ شپش lude punaise פִּשפֵּש कीड़ा stjenica poloska kutu, hama cimice なんきん虫 빈대 blakė blakts pijat insect, luis veggelus pluskwa percevejo ploşniţă клоп ploštica stenica stenica vägglus แมลง (küçük) böcek 臭蟲 блощиця گندے گھروں اور بستروں میں پایا جانے والا کیڑا، کھٹمل con rệp 臭虫
2 an insect There's a bug crawling up your arm. gogga, insek حَشَرَه насекомо hmyz, brouk insekt das Insekt ζωύφιο bicho putukas حشره ötökkä insecte חָרַק कीड़ा buba bogár serangga insetto 虫 벌레 vabalas kukainis; vabole serangga insect insekt insekt, owad bicho insectă; gândac жук; букашка hmyz žuželka buba insekt, skalbagge แมลง böcek 蟲子 комаха, жук کیڑا ، حشرات con bọ 虫子
3 a germ or infection a stomach bug. kiem, virus جُرثومَه микроб bacil virus der Bazillus μικρόβιο microbio pisik میکروب pöpö microbe וִירוּס संक्रमण klica bélféreg penyakit germe, microbo ばい菌 병원균 bakterija, infekcija vīruss kuman virus utøy, mikrobe, basill zarazek micróbio microb микроб bacil bakterija infekcija bacill, bakterie เชื้อโรค mikrop, virüs 病菌 мікроб, бактерія جراثیم یا وبا vi trùng 病菌
4 a small hidden microphone. meeluisterapparaat, afluisterapparaat ميكروفون صَغير مَخْفي бръмбар štěnice, odposlouchávací zařízení skjult mikrofon die Wanze κρυφό μικρόφωνο υποκλοπής, κοριός micrófono oculto salamikrofon میکروفن مخفی salakuuntelulaite micro caché מִיקרוֹפוֹן חָבוּי एक छोटा गुप्त माइक्रोफोन skriveni mikrofon za prisluškivanje poloska mikropon tersembunyi cimice, microspia 隠しマイク (도청용) 비밀 마이크 paslėptas mikrofonas noklausīšanās ierīce peranti pepijat afluisterapparaat skjult mikrofon til avlytting podsłuch, aparat podsłuchowy microfone microfon ascuns подслушивающее устройство;жучок odpočúvacie zariadenie skriti mikrofon bubica dold mikrofon อุปกรณ์ดักฟัง dinleme cihazı 竊聽器 жучок ایک چھوٹا پوشیدہ مائیکرو فون máy ghi âm nhỏ 窃听器
v – past tense, past participle bugged –
1 to place small hidden microphones in (a room etc) The spy's bedroom was bugged. meeluisterapparaat/afluisterapparaat aanbring ميكروفون مَزْروع خَفي инсталирам скрит микрофон odposlouchávat aflytte Wanzen installieren παρακολουθώ με κρυμμένα μικρόφωνα, βάζω κοριούς ocultar micrófonos salamikrofonidega varustama میکروفن مخفی کار گذاشتن asettaa salakuuntelulaitteet cacher des micros (dans) לְהַטמִין מִיקרוֹפוֹן חָבוּי एक छोटा गुप्त माइक्रोफोन रखना prisluškivati lehallgatókészülékkel felszerel; lehallgat menyadap microfono spia installare un 隠しマイクをつける 비밀 마이크를 장치하다 įrengti paslėptus mikrofonus iestādīt noklausīšanās ierīci memasang peranti pepijat afluisterapparatuur plaatsen in avlytte (med skjult mikrofon) zamontować podsłuch pôr sob escuta a instala microfoane ascunse устанавливать подслушивающее устройство odpočúvať postaviti skrite mikrofone ozvučen avlyssna ติดอุปกรณ์ดักฟัง dinleme cihazı yerleştirmek 裝竊聽器 ставити жучки چھوٹا مائیکروفون خفیہ طور پر رکھنا đặt máy nghe trộm 装窃听器
2 to annoy What's bugging him? pla يُزْعِجُ، يُغيظُ досаждам otravovat irritere nerven ενοχλώ molestar tüütama اذیت کردن؛ ناراحت کردن ottaa päähän tracasser לְהַרגִיז smetati bosszant mengganggu seccare 悩ませる 괴롭히다 erzinti, nervinti kaitināt; ērcināt menjengkelkan dwarszitten plage, irritere gryźć, irytować incomodar a deranja раздражать otravovať, ísť na nervy vznemirjati mučiti irritera รบกวน canını sıkmak, rahatsız etmek 煩擾 дратувати ناراض کرنا làm phát cáu 烦扰
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