bug

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bug /b'ʌg/ (bugs bugging bugged)
1 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A bug is an insect or similar small creature. (INFORMAL)
We noticed tiny bugs that were all over the walls.
2 [N-COUNT]
A bug is an illness which is caused by small organisms such as bacteria. (INFORMAL)
I think I've got a bit of a stomach bug...
...the killer brain bug meningitis.
3 [N-COUNT]
If there is a bug in a computer program, there is a mistake in it. (COMPUTING)
There is a bug in the software.
4 [N-COUNT]
A bug is a tiny hidden microphone which transmits what people are saying.
There was a bug on the phone.
5 [VERB] V n
If someone bugs a place, they hide tiny microphones in it which transmit what people are saying.
He heard that they were planning to bug his office...
● bugging [N-UNCOUNT]
...an electronic bugging device.
6 [N-SING] oft n N
You can say that someone has been bitten by a particular bug when they suddenly become very enthusiastic about something. (INFORMAL)
I've definitely been bitten by the gardening bug...
Roundhay Park in Leeds was the place I first got the fishing bug.
7 [VERB] V n
If someone or something bugs you, they worry or annoy you. (INFORMAL)
I only did it to bug my parents.light|ning bug (lightning bugs)
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A lightning bug is a type of beetle that produces light from its body. (AM)
= firefly

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