bug

  • (noun): An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  • (noun): Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
  • (noun): Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  • (noun): Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
  • (noun): (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
  • (noun): A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
  • (noun): An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
  • (noun): A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
  • (noun): A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
  • (noun): A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
  • (noun): A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
  • (noun): A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
  • (noun): A semi-automated telegraph key.
  • (noun): Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
  • (noun): ("the bug") HIV.
  • (noun): A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
  • (noun): A trilobite.
  • (noun): A young apprentice jockey.
  • (verb): To annoy.
  • (verb): To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
  • (noun): A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.
  • These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.
  • The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.
  • He’s got the flu bug.
  • I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.
  • We installed a bug in her telephone.