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Word: bug (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A colloquial name for any insect or arachnid that is a pest.
  • A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
  • An electronic intercept device
  • An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
  • An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
  • A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.
  • A semi-automated telegraph key
  • A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
  • 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
  • aviation A manually positioned marker in flight instruments
  • Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.

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Proper noun:

  • the Bug River, flowing northwest 450 mi. between Belarus and Poland.
  • the Bug River in the mi. to the Dnieper estuary.

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Verb:

  • informal|transitive To annoy.
  • transitive To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

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