bug

Definition

  • noun: a usually small insect
  • noun: an insect or other creeping or crawling invertebrate (as a spider or centipede)
  • verb: to bother or annoy (someone)
  • verb: to plant a concealed microphone in
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: bogey, bugbear, germ

Examples

  • They've been trying to work/get the 'bugs' out of the system. [=trying to fix the system's problems]

  • He was first bitten by 'the' acting 'bug' [=he first became interested in acting] when he was 18.

  • Her legs were covered in 'bug' bites. [=itchy or painful wounds from insects]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - A fraudulent used car salesman. Booth, meet Mr. Starret. I ran the standard eight nuclear markers for canids... What is that, like some kind of a bug? - Not a bug, Agent Booth. - Canis lupus familiaris. See how annoying that interrupting know it all used-car salesman thing can be? (..)
    2008 TvShow: Bones Title: The Finger in the Nest Season: 4 Episode 3