bugs

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/bʌɡz/ English

Definitions

noun

An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.“These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.

verb

To annoy.“Don’t bug me, I’m busy!”
To install an electronic listening device or devices in.“We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.”

adjective

Crazy; unstable.

noun

A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.

Related words

Synonyms

bog bogey boggard boggle bogle bugbear defect glitch bug hemipteran hemipteron badger germ microbe tap tease beleaguer harass

Associated

bunny daffy taz elmer glitches looney wile porky stink carrot yosemite

Rhymes

do drugs thugs jugs lugs tugs juggs trigs luges buggs slugs

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