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Bug  (bg, 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.

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bug  (bg)

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.

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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bugger n.

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bug out

vb

(intr, adverb) Slang chiefly US to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bug out - bulge outward; "His eyes popped" pop, bulge out, pop out, protrude, bulge, come out, start change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form