Bug
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English
Pronunciation
- AHD: bŭg
- IPA: /bʌg/
- SAMPA: /bVg/
Noun
- A member of the family Cimicidae in the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"). Consists largely of blood-sucking insects with very painful bites who live in or near water and also plant parasites.
- A colloquial name for an insect. (These flies are a bother. I'll get some bug spray and kill them.)
- A problem that needs fixing. (The program has a bug in it.)
- An illness. (He's got the flu bug.)
- An enthusiasm for something. (I think he's a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.)
- An electronic listening device. (We installed a bug in her telephone.)
- A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it. (He suspected the image was a web bug used for detrmining who was visiting the site.)
- 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. (He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.)
Translations
- Bosnian: insekt m (1), buba f (2), bakcil m (4)
- CJK Characters: 虱; 虫
- Chinese: 臭蟲, 臭虫
- Dutch: insect n
- Finnish: lutikka (1), ötökkä (2), bugi (3), pöpö (4), kärpänen (5)
- French: bogue m
- German: Ungeziefer n (1), Wanze f (3)
- Greek: ζωύφιο n
- Italian: insetto m
- Japanese: 虫
- Korean: 벌레 m
- Polish : robak, robal m (1 colloq), owad m (1), byk m (2), pluskwa f (5)
- Portuguese: erro m
- Spanish: chinche w
- Turkish: böcek (2)
Verb
- To annoy. (Don't bug me, I'm busy)
- To install an electronic listening device. (We need to know what's going on. We'll bug the place.)
Translations
- Finnish: häiritä (1), ärsyttää (1)
- German: nerven (1), verwanzen (2)
- Polish: wkurzać (1) colloq and usually impolite, zakładać pluskwę (2)
- Turkçe: kızdırmak
Further reading
- Wikipedia article on true bugs
- Wikipedia article on bugs
- Wikipedia article on computer bugs
German
Noun
der Bug m
- The front of a ship or boat; the bow.
