virus

Definition

  • noun: an extremely small living thing that causes a disease and that spreads from one person or animal to another
  • noun: the causative agent of an infectious disease
  • synonyms: venom, poison

Examples

  • I think I have the 'virus' that's going around this winter.

  • The software checks your hard drive for 'viruses'.

  • the AIDS 'virus' = the 'virus' that causes AIDS

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) with some kind of a kick. What? I'm gonna improvise. Listen, there's something you should know about me. About inception. An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define... ...or destroy you. (..)
    2010 Inception
  • (..) in a half-remembered dream. A man possessed of some radical notions. COBB: What is the most resilient parasite? A bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? ARTHUR: Uh... What Mr. Cobb is trying to say... An idea. Resilient. Highly contagious. (..)
    2010 Inception