Bug | Mean of bug in English Dictionary

/ˈbʌg/

• Noun
• a usually small insect
1. There's a bug in my soup!
2. Close the door. You're letting the bugs in.
3. Her legs were covered in bug bites. [=itchy or painful wounds from insects]
4. Use plenty of bug spray/repellent to keep the mosquitoes from biting you.
• a usually mild illness (such as a cold) that can be passed from one person to another
1. He caught some kind of bug from the other kids at school.
2. There's been a nasty flu bug going around.
3. I picked up an intestinal/stomach bug.
• a problem that prevents a computer program or system from working properly
1. We found/detected a bug [=glitch] in the program.
2. The software was full of bugs.
3. They've been trying to work/get the bugs out of the system. [=trying to fix the system's problems]

• a small hidden microphone that is used to secretly listen to and record people
1. The government planted/put a bug in her telephone/apartment.
• a sudden, strong interest in a particular activity
1. He was first bitten by the acting bug [=he first became interested in acting] when he was 18.
2. the travel bug
• Verb
• to bother or annoy (someone)
1. Quit bugging me!
2. John, stop bugging your sister.
3. It really bugs me to see how he treats her.
• to put a hidden microphone in (a room, telephone, etc.) in order to secretly hear what people are saying
1. Is this phone bugged?
2. The cops bugged his apartment.
3. a bugging device
• to stick out more than is normal especially because of surprise or fear
1. Their eyes were bugging out as if they saw a ghost.
• to go away
1. She angrily told him to bug off.
• to leave quickly
1. Wait here till we get back. Don't bug out (on us).