bug

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.

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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.

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.

Phrasal Verbs:

bug off Slang

To leave someone alone; go away.

bug out Slang

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.

Idiom:

put a bug in (someone's) ear Informal

To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.

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[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.]

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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]

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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]

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bug

(bʌɡ)

vb

a past tense and past participle of big²

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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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

bug

Past participle: bugged
Gerund: bugging

Imperative

bug

bug

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bug

A mistake in a program.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bug - general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate insect - small air-breathing arthropod
	2.	bug - a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine glitch flaw, fault, defect - an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
	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 metamorphosis hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect insect - 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) leaf bug, plant bug - small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices 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 use microbe, germ microorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size
Verb	1.	bug - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" badger, beleaguer, pester, tease bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
	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?" wiretap, intercept, tap eavesdrop, listen in - listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

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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.

5. (Informal) mania, passion, rage, obsession, craze, fad, thing (informal) I've definitely been bitten by the gardening bug.

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 scorpion

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bug

noun

1. A minute organism usually producing disease:

germ, microbe, microorganism.

2. A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature:

ailment, complaint, indisposition, malady.

3. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure:

blemish, defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming.

4. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:

devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, zealot.

Informal: buff, fan, fiend.

Slang: freak, nut.

verb

1. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:

aggravate, annoy, bother, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.

Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.

2. To monitor (telephone calls) with a concealed listening device connected to the circuit:

tap, wiretap.

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Translations

بَقَّةبَـقَّـهجُرثومَهحَشَرَهميكروفون صَغير مَخْفي

štěnicebacilbroukchybahmyz

insektirritereskjult mikrofonvæggelusvirus

WanzeInsektnervenUngezieferverwanzen

ζωύφιοκοριόςτρώωιός

bichochincheentusiastainsectointervenir

ötökkäpöpöärsyttääbugihäiritä

insectebogueCoccinellegonflerlogo

buba

bélféreglehallgatlehallgatókészülékkel felszerel

baktería; sÿkinghlerunartækikoma fyrir hlerunartæki ípirra, ergjaskordÿr

insettocimicebacomicrofono spiamorbo

ばい菌バグ不具合熱盗聴器

벌레

infekcijaįrengti paslėptus mikrofonusnervintipaslėptas mikrofonas

blaktsērcinātiestādīt noklausīšanās ierīcikaitinātkukainis

insectbug

insektmikrobeskjult mikrofon til avlyttingutøyveggelus

byklogopluskwarobak

bichochateardefeitofalhainsecto

багбукашкажучокклопкровососущее насекомое

bacilnaštvaťodpočúvacie zariadenie

hroščstenicavirusžuželkabakterija

insekt

แมลง

böcekcanını sıkmakdinleme cihazıdinleme cihazı yerleştirmekkızdırmak

con rệp

小虫烦扰病菌窃听器虫子

bug

[bʌg]

A. N

1. (Zool) → chinche mf (esp US) (= any insect) → bicho m

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

3. (= hidden microphone) → micrófono m oculto

4. (esp US) (= defect, snag) → traba f, pega f

5. (Comput) → virus m inv

6. (US) (= small car) → coche m compacto

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?

2. (= annoy) → fastidiar, molestar
don't bug me! → ¡deja de molestar(me) or fastidiar!
what's bugging you? → ¿qué mosca te ha picado?

C. CPD bug hunter N → entomólogo/a m/f

bug out VI + ADV (US) → largarse

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bug

[ˈbʌg]

n

(= insect) → insecte m, bestiole f

(= germ) → virus m, microbe m
There's a bug going round → Il y a un microbe qui traîne.
a stomach bug → une gastroentérite

I've got bitten by the travel bug, I've been bitten by the travel bug → j'ai le virus du voyage

(= 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

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bug

n

→ Wanze f; (inf: = any insect) → Käfer m; bugs pl → Ungeziefer nt

(= 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

(inf, = snag, defect) → Fehler m; bugs pl → Mucken pl (inf)

(Comput) → Programmfehler m, → Bug m (inf)

vt

room, building → verwanzen (inf), → Wanzen pl → installieren in (+dat) → or einbauen in (+acc) (inf); conversation, telephone lines → abhören; this room is bugged → hier sind Wanzen (inf), → das Zimmer ist verwanzt (inf)

(inf: = worry) → stören; (= annoy) → nerven (inf), → den Nerv töten (+dat) (inf); he bugs me → er nervt nich an inf; don’t let it bug you → mach dir nichts draus (inf)

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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

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bug

:

bug-proof

adj room, telephone → abhörsicher

bug report

n (Comput) → Fehlerbericht m

bug-ridden

adj

hotel, mattress → von Wanzen befallen, verwanzt (inf)

(Comput) software etc → voller Fehler

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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

b. (bugging device) → microspia, cimice f

c. (Comput) (in program) → errore m (nel programma), bug m inv

2. vt

a. (telephone) → mettere sotto controllo; (room) → installare microspie in

b. (fam) (annoy) → scocciare
it really bugs me → mi rompe da morire

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bug

(bag) noun

1. an insect that lives in dirty houses and beds. a bedbug. weeluis بَـقَّـه дървеница percevejo štěnice die Wanze væggelus κοριόςchinche lutikas شبگز؛ شپ�� lude punaiseפשפש कीड़ा stjenica poloska kutu, hama cimice なんきん虫 빈대 blakė blakts pijat insect, luisveggeluspluskwa ګونګټه اوخسک percevejo ploşniţă клоп ploštica stenica stenica vägglus แมลง 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 inseto hmyz, brouk das Insekt insekt ζωύφιοbicho putukas حشره ötökkä insecteחרק कीड़ा buba bogár serangga insetto 虫 벌레 vabalas kukainis; vabole serangga insectinsekt insekt, owad خزنده 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 germe bacil der Bazillus virus μικρόβιοmicrobio pisik میکروب tauti microbeוירוס संक्रमण klica bélféreg penyakit germe, microbo ばい菌 세균 bakterija, infekcija vīruss kuman virusutøy, mikrobe, basillzarazek میکروب 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 grampo štěnice, odposlouchávací zařízení die Wanze skjult mikrofon κρυφό μικρόφωνο υποκλοπής, κοριόςmicrófono 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 도청기 paslėptas mikrofonas noklausīšanās ierīce peranti pepijat afluisterapparaatskjult mikrofon til avlyttingpodsłuch, aparat podsłuchowy مخفی مایکروفون microfone microfon as­cuns подслушивающее устроиство; 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

verb – 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 grampear odposlouchávat Wanzen installieren aflytte παρακολουθώ με κρυμμένα μικρόφωνα, βάζω κοριούς ocultar micrófonos salamikrofonidega varustama میکروفن مخفی کار گذاشتن asentaa salakuuntelulaitteita cacher des micros (dans) לְהַטמִין מִיקרוֹפוֹן חָבוּי एक छोटा गुप्त माइक्रोफोन रखना prisluškivati lehallgatókészülékkel felszerel; lehallgat menyadap installare un microfono spia 隠しマイクをつける 도청하다 įrengti paslėptus mikrofonus iestādīt noklausīšanās ierīci memasang peranti pepijat afluisterapparatuur plaatsen in avlytte zamontować podsłuch د مخفی مایکروفون ایښودل 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 incomodar otravovat nerven irritere ενοχλώmolestar tüütama اذیت کردن؛ ناراحت کردن ärsyttää tracasser לְהַרגִיז smetati bosszant mengganggu seccare 悩ませる 괴롭히다 erzinti, nervinti kaitināt; ērcināt menjengkelkan dwarszittenplage, irriteregryźć, irytować ځورول، ناآرامه کول 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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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

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bug

n (fam) (insect) insecto, bicho; (microbe) microbio, virus m, bacteria; (illness) gripe f, resfriado, enfermedad f de tipo gripal

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