Bug

Quick meaning: Bug is a noun meaning (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

Meaning

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

More Meanings

1. Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
2. (informal) Any minibeast.
3. (UK, obsolete, specifically) A bedbug.
4. A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
5. (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
6. (informal, proscribed) Any insect, or sometimes an arachnid, crustacean, or other arthropod, especially one that is small, terrestrial, or seen as a pest.
7. (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.

Example Sentences

He's got the flu bug.

The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.

These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs […] are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

Word Forms

• bugs
• bugg
• bugging
• bugged

Synonyms for bug

Depending on context, synonyms include defect, glitch, wire, bog, bogey, bogle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hemipteran, hemipteron, badger, germ, microbe, tap.

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