bug

Noun

bug (plural bugs)

1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
2. A colloquial name for any insect or arachnid that’s a pest.

   These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

3. Various species of marine crustaceans.
4. A problem that needs fixing.

   The computer program has a bug in it.

5. A contagious illness.

   He’s got the flu bug.

6. An enthusiasm for something.

   I think he’s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.

7. An electronic listening device.

   We installed a bug in her telephone.

8. A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it.

   He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

9. A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it.

   He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.

10. Manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
11. A card cheat’s bug is a holdout device.
12. Obsession.

    to catch the skiing bug

1. A semi-automated telegraph key.

3 letters in word "bug": B G U.

Anagrams of bug:

• gub

Words found within bug:

gu ug

Word lists related to bug:

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Words starting with bug
Words containing bug
Words ending with bug
Words formed from bug by changing one letter
Words starting with bug by next letter
Words that start with the letter b
Words that end in the letter g

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