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Synonyms
bug (bŭg)

[Origin unknown.]

noun 

  1. A true bug.
  2. An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig.
    1. A disease-producing microorganism: a flu bug.
    2. The illness or disease so produced: “stomach flu, a cold, or just some bug going around” (David Smollar)
    1. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.
    2. Computer Science A defect in the code or routine of a program.
  5. An enthusiasm or obsession: got bitten by the writing bug.
  6. An enthusiast or devotee; a buff: a model train bug.
  7. An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance: planted a bug in the suspect's room.

verb: bugged, bug·ging, bugs. 

intransitive verb 

To grow large; bulge: My eyes bugged when I saw the mess.

transitive verb 

    1. To annoy; pester.
    2. To prey on; worry: a memory that bugged me for years.
  2. To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.
  3. To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

phrasal verbs

bug off
To leave someone alone; go away.
bug out
To leave or quit, usually in a hurry.
To avoid a responsibility or duty. Often used with on or of: bugged out on his partners at the first sign of trouble.

idioms

put a bug in (someone's) ear
To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.

derivatives

buǵger
noun
Bug (bōōg, bōōk)

 

  1. A river of eastern Europe rising in southwest Ukraine and flowing about 772 km (480 mi) through Poland to the Vistula River near Warsaw.
  2. A river of southern Ukraine rising in the southwest part and flowing about 853 km (530 mi) generally southeast to the Black Sea.