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Meaning
Noun
●
In Entomology:
An
insect
of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
●
Any of various
species
of
marine
or
freshwater
crustaceans
; e.g. a Moreton Bay
bug
, mudbug.
●
Any
insect
,
arachnid
, or other
terrestrial
arthropod
that is a pest.
●
In American English:
Any
insect
,
arachnid
,
myriapod
or entognath.
●
In British English:
A bedbug.
●
A problem that needs fixing.
●
A
contagious
illness
, or a
pathogen
causing
it.
●
An
enthusiasm
for something; an obsession.
●
A
keen
enthusiast
or hobbyist.
●
A
concealed
electronic
eavesdropping
or
intercept
device.
●
A small and usually
invisible
file
(traditionally a single-pixel
image
) on a World Wide Web
page
,
primarily
used to
track
users.
●
In Broadcasting:
A small, usually
transparent
or
translucent
image
placed
in a corner
of a
television program
to
identify
the
broadcasting
network or
cable
channel.
●
In Aviation:
A
manually
positioned
marker
in flight
instruments.
●
A semi-automated
telegraph
key.
●
Hobgoblin,
scarecrow
; anything that terrifies.
●
In LGBT:
HIV.
●
In Poker:
A
limited
form of
wild card
in some
variants
of poker.
●
In Paleontology:
A trilobite.
●
Synonym of
oil
bug.
●
In American English:
An
asterisk
denoting
an
apprentice
jockey's
weight
allowance.
●
In American English:
A
young
apprentice
jockey.
●
In Printing:
Synonym of
union
bug.
●
In Gambling:
A small
piece
of
metal
used in a
slot machine
to
block
certain
winning
combinations.
●
In Gambling:
A
metal
clip
attached
to the
underside
of a
table
, etc. to
hold
hidden
cards
, as a form of cheating.
●
In American English & Automobiles:
A Volkswagen Beetle car.
●
In Automobiles:
A Bugatti car.
Verb
●
To annoy.
●
To
act
suspiciously
or
irrationally
, especially
in a way
that
annoys
others.
●
To
install
an
electronic
listening
device
or
device
s in.
Name
●
A
river
flowing
northwest
450
miles
between Belarus and Poland.
●
A
river
in Ukraine (Southern Bug),
flowing
530
miles
to the Dnieper estuary.
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Synonyms
Defect
Glitch
Bog
Bogey
Bogle
Boggle
Boggard
Bugbear
Bugg
Jazz
Beetle
Knuckleball
Pester
Goblin
Insect
Annoy
Pest
Oil Bug
Bug Boy
Union Bug
Tick Off
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Problem
Snake
Fault
Trojan
Issue
Tick
Incident
Trouble
Vulnerabilities
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Typo
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Rhymes
Mug
Fug
Lug
Tug
Hug
Pug
Wug
Bug
Rug
Jug
Dug
Smug
Trug
Doug
Snug
Glug
Plug
Drug
Slug
Thug
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