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

  • (..) That's as funny as a screen door on a battleship. Screen door on a submarine, you dork. Biff, somebody already asked me to the dance. Who? That bug George McFly? - I'm going with Calvin Klein, okay? - Calvin Klein? No, it's not okay. - You're going with me, understand? - Get your cooties off me! (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II