transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌg ]
( bugs, bugging, bugged)
1.
A bug is an insect or similar small creature. ( INFORMAL )
We noticed tiny bugs that were all over the walls.
N-COUNT : usu pl
2.
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.
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3.
If there is a bug in a computer program, there is a mistake in it. ( COMPUTING )
There is a bug in the software.
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4.
A bug is a tiny hidden microphone which transmits what people are saying.
There was a bug on the phone.
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5.
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...
VERB : V n
• bug‧ging
...an electronic bugging device.
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6.
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.
N-SING : oft n N
7.
If someone or something bugs you, they worry or annoy you. ( INFORMAL )
I only did it to bug my parents.
VERB : V n