Bug
[bʌg] or [bʌɡ]
Definition
(noun.) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
(noun.) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly.
(noun.) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine.
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Definition
(n.) A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
(n.) A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
(n.) An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
(n.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
(n.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
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Definition
n. a name applied loosely to certain insects esp. to one (Cimex lectularius) that infests houses and beds: in America applied to any insect.
n. an object of terror.—ns. Big-bug (slang) an aristocrat; Bug′aboo a bogy or object of terror; Bug′bear an object of terror generally imaginary.—adj. causing fright.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of bugs denotes that some disgustingly revolting complications will rise in your daily life. Families will suffer from the carelessness of servants, and sickness may follow.
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Examples
- Some brought models, others drawings, still others a bare idea, and a few, of course, had just a plain bug. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In reality it is only the female which is the lightning bug, for the male is not equipped with any lighting power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Every bug dropped dead. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why does a Lightning Bug Light Her Light? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He tells an amusing story of one dilemma into which his good-nature led him at this period: At Menlo Park one day, a farmer came in and asked if I knew any way to kill potato-bugs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All trees are protected by nature; some are protected from bugs eating their leaves, by other bugs eating up these bugs; other trees are protected by having a thorny or bristly bark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He would attempt to reproduce some of the little bugs that scrambled over the pages of his books. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I sent men out and culled two quarts of bugs, and tried every chemical I had to destroy them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even the little bugs of the black book were familiar friends, though their arrangement meant nothing to him; but these bugs were new and unheard of. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Beneath this picture the bugs appeared as: A BOY AND A DOG There they were, the three little bugs which always accompanied the little ape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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