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bugs

/bʌɡz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  2. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
  3. Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  4. Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
  5. (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
  6. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
  7. To annoy.
  8. To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
  9. Crazy; unstable.
  10. A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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