Southern Bug
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Variant of bug
bug
definition
bug (bug)
noun
- any of an order (Hemiptera) of insects with sucking mouthparts and with forewings thickened toward the base, as a water bug or squash bug also called true bug
- any small arthropod, esp. if regarded as a pest, as a louse, cockroach, or centipede
- ☆ a defect or imperfection, as in a machine or computer program: somewhat informal when used outside of a computer context
- Informal any microscopic organism, esp. one causing disease; germ or virus
- ☆ Informal a tiny microphone hidden to record conversation secretly
- ☆ Slang
- an enthusiast or devotee: often used in combination a shutterbug pursues photography as a hobby
- a particular enthusiasm or obsession
- ☆ Slang a small, compact automobile
- Slang the weight allowance (5 pounds, or 2.3 kg) granted to an apprentice jockey for one year after the riding of five winners
Etymology: prob. < bug
transitive verb bugged, bugging bug′·ging
- Informal to hide a microphone in (a room, etc.), as for recording a conversation secretly
- Slang
- to annoy, bother, anger, etc.
- to confuse or puzzle
intransitive verb
Slang to bulge or open wide, as in amazement: said of the eyes
bug Idioms
bug off
☆Slang to stop annoying someone and leave
also Brit.bugger off
bug out
☆Slang to run away; desert
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