EGAVE

bug

About 2.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Buginese.
  2. noun An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  3. noun Any motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.
    These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.
  4. noun Any minibeast. Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath. Any insect.
    A: Eew, what is that thing?! Is that a bug?! B: No, it's a spider. And don't worry: she's not gonna hurt you.
  5. noun Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath. Any insect.
    A: Eew, what is that thing?! Is that a bug?! B: No, it's a spider. And don't worry: she's not gonna hurt you.
  6. noun Any insect.
    A: Eew, what is that thing?! Is that a bug?! B: No, it's a spider. And don't worry: she's not gonna hurt you.
  7. noun Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
  8. noun A trilobite.

Similar words

hemipteran hemipteron badger germ microbe tap tease beleaguer harass pester

Often followed by

in and is that was or fixes on to

Word family

Bug bugged bugging bugs true bug

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