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Pronunciation
AHD|bŭg, IPA|/b�ɡ/, SAMPA|/bVg/
audio|en-us-bug.ogg|Audio (US)
:IPAchar|Rhymes:English:-�ɡ|Rhymes: -�ɡ

Noun
en-noun

1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
2. A colloquial name for any insect or arachnid that�s a pest.

#: These flies are a bother. I�ll get some bug spray and kill them.

1. Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.
2. A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

#: The computer program has a bug in it.

1. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it.

#: He�s got the flu bug.

1. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

#: I think he�s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.
#: to catch the skiing bug

1. An electronic listening device.

#: We installed a bug in her telephone.

1. A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it.

#: He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

1. 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.

#: He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.

1. figurative A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
2. A semi-automated telegraph key.

#*1938, Paul Gallico, Farewell to Sport, p257
#*:At this point your telegraph operator, sitting at your right, goes "Ticky-tick-tickety-de-tick-tick," with his bug, as he calls his transmitter, and looks at you expectantly.
#*1942, Arthur Reinhold Nilson, Radio Code Manual, p134
#*:As far as the dashes are concerned, the bug is the same in operation as any regular key would be if it were turned up on edge instead of sitting flat on the desk.
#*1986, E. L. Doctorow, World's Fair, p282
#*:I was a very good radio operator. I bought my own bug. That's what the telegraph key in its modern form was called. It was semiautomatic.

Derived terms
top2
Balmain bug
bedbug
bug-eyed
buglet
debug
gold bug
lightning bug
mid2
mealybug
Morton Bay bug
shield bug
snug as a bug in a rug
travel bug
true bug

Translations
trans-top|an insect of the order Hemiptera
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (chòu chóng)
Croatian: buba f
Dutch: insect n
Finnish: lude#Finnish|lude
French: insecte m
trans-mid
Italian: scarafaggio m
Russian: ж�к (žuk) m
Slovene: hroš� m
Turkish: böcek
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trans-top|a colloquial name for insect
Chinese traditional/simplified: �, � (chóng)
Dutch: insect n
Finnish: ötökkä
French: insecte m
German: Wanze f
Greek: κο�ι�� (coriós) m, ζ���ιο (zoýfio) n
Hebrew: �'�ק (juq) m
trans-mid
Italian: bacarozzo m
Japanese: � (mushí)
Maltese: insett żgħir m
Polish: robak, robal m, owad m
Portuguese: inseto m
Russian: на�екомое (nasekómoje) n
Slovene: žužek m
Turkish: böcek
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trans-top|various species of marine crustaceans
trans-mid
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trans-top|problem that needs fixing (esp. in computing)
Chinese traditional/simplified: �誤, �误 (cuò wù)
Czech: chyba f
Dutch: bug m
Finnish: bugi
French: bogue m
Greek:
:*In software: ��άλμα n
:*In hardware: ελά���μα n
trans-mid
Italian: malfunzionamento m, errore m
Japanese: ��� (����, fuguai), [��]] (bagu)
Maltese: bagg m
Polish: byk m
Portuguese: defeito m, falha f
Russian: баг (bag) m
Slovene: hroš� m
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trans-top|contagious illness, bacteria, virus
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (bìng jùn)
Finnish: pöpö
German: Ungeziefer n
trans-mid
Greek: � m
Italian: batterio m, virus m
Maltese: infezzjoni, vajrus
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trans-top|an enthusiasm for something
Chinese traditional/simplified: �衷, �衷 (rè zh�ng)
Finnish: kuume, kärpänen
French: virus m
trans-mid
Italian: morbo m
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trans-top|an electronic listening device
Chinese traditional/simplified: ���, ��� (qi� tīng qì)
Czech: št�nice f
Finnish: salakuuntelulaite,kuuntelulaite
French: mouchard m
Italian: cimice m
Portuguese: grampo m (Brazil)
trans-mid
Russian: ж��ок (žu�ók) m
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trans-top|a small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page
trans-mid
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trans-top|a small image placed in a corner of a television program
Finnish: logo
French: logo m
trans-mid
Italian: logo della retem
Polish: pluskwa f
trans-bottom

trans-top|manually positioned marker in flight instruments
trans-mid
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trans-top|a card cheat's bug is a holdout device
trans-mid
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trans-top|a semi-automated telegraph key
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ttbc|Bosnian: insekt m (1), buba f (2), bakcil m (4)
ttbc|Catalan: [1] xinxa f :ca:xinxa|^
ttbc|CJK Characters: �; �
ttbc|French: punaise
ttbc|Korean: �� (boelle)
ttbc|Norwegian: insekt n (2), feil m (3), bakterie m (4)
ttbc|Slovak: inzekt, chrobák m
ttbc|Spanish: [1] chinche f :es:chinche|(es)

Verb
en-verb|bugs|bugging|bugged

1. context|informal|transitive To annoy.

#: Don�t bug me, I�m busy!

1. transitive To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

#: We need to know what�s going on. We�ll bug his house.

Translations
trans-top|to annoy
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (fán r�o)
Finnish: häiritä, ärsyttää
French: ennerver , enquiquiner
German: nerven
Greek: ����
trans-mid
Polish: wkurza� informal and usually impolite
Portuguese: chatear
Slovene: živcirati (colloq)
Turkish: kızdırmak
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trans-top|to install an electronic listening device in
Chinese traditional/simplified: ����� ����� (�n zhu�ng qi� tīng qì)
Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite
French: poser des mouchards
German: verwanzen
trans-mid
Polish: zak�ada� pluskw�
Portuguese: grampear (Brazil)
Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo
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Danish

Noun
bug c

1. stomach
2. abdomen

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