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Definition bug

Etymology

First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a bedbug), from earlier bugge (“beetle”), a conflation of two words:

  1. Middle English bugge (“scarecrow, hobgoblin”), from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”) (compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge (“goblin”, “snot”)
  2. Middle English budde (“beetle”), from Old English budda (see scearnbudda (“dung beetle”)), from Proto-Germanic *buddô, *buzdô (compare Low German Budde (“louse, grub”), Norwegian budda (“newborn domestic animal”)). More at bud.

The term is used to refer to technical errors and problems at least as early as the 19th century, predating the commonly known story of a moth being caught in a computer.

Noun

bug (plural bugs)

  1. (colloquial, US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
  2. (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  3. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  4. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
  5. (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
  6. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
  7. (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
  8. (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
  9. A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
  10. A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
  11. (broadcasting) 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
  12. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
  13. A semi-automated telegraph key.
  14. (obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies. [late 14th c.–early 17th. c]
  15. (chiefly LGBT, "the bug") HIV.
  16. (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
  17. (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
  18. (petroleum industry, slang, dated) Synonym of oil bug
  19. (slang, horse-racing) A young apprentice jockey.

Verb

bug (third-person singular simple present bugs, present participle bugging, simple past and past participle bugged)

  1. (informal, transitive) To annoy.
  2. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

Results 438 Words with the letters BUG

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8 letter words with the letters BUG 
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6 letter words with the letters BUG 
BAGFUL 16
BAGUET 12
BEDBUG 16
BEDRUG 13
BEGULF 16
BEGUMS 15
BELUGA 13
BLUING 14
BLUNGE 14
BOUGHS 14
BOUGHT 14
BOUGIE 12
BOURGS 12
BROGUE 12
BRUGHS 14
BUDGED 14
BUDGER 13
BUDGES 13
BUDGET 13
BUDGIE 13
BUGEYE 14
BUGGED 15
BUGGER 14
BUGLED 14
BUGLER 13
BUGLES 13
BUGSHA 14
BULGED 14
BULGER 13
BULGES 13
BULGUR 14
BUNGED 14
BUNGEE 13
BUNGLE 14
BURGEE 12
BURGER 12
BURGHS 14
BURGLE 13
BURGOO 12
BUSING 13
BUYING 15
CUBAGE 15
CUBING 16
DEBUGS 13
DORBUG 13
GRUBBY 17
GUMBOS 15
HAGBUT 14
HUMBUG 18
OUTBEG 12
REDBUG 13
RUBIGO 12
SAGBUT 12
SUBGUM 16
TUBING 13
5 letter words with the letters BUG 
BEGUM 14
BEGUN 12
BOGUS 11
BOUGH 13
BOURG 11
BRUGH 13
BUDGE 12
BUGGY 15
BUGLE 12
BULGE 12
BULGY 14
BUNGS 12
BURGH 13
BURGS 11
DEBUG 12
GRUBS 11
GUMBO 14
RUGBY 13
4 letter words with the letters BUG 
BUGS 10
BUNG 11
BURG 10
GRUB 10
3 letter words with the letters BUG 
BUG 9

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