bug

See also büg, Bug, búg, and buug

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1620 (referring to a bedbug); from earlier bugge 'beetle', conflation of (1) Middle English bugge 'scarecrow, hobgoblin', from Proto-Germanic *bugja- 'swollen up, thick' (cf. Norwegian bugge 'big man', Low German dialect Bögge 'goblin, snot'); and (2) Middle English budde 'beetle', from Old English -budda (cf. scearnbudda 'dung beetle'), from Proto-Germanic *buddōn (compare Low German Budde 'louse, grub', Norwegian budda 'newborn domestic animal'). More at bud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭg, IPA: /bʌɡ/, X-SAMPA: /bVg/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

A green shield bug (Palomena prasina) in Budapest, Hungary. It is an insect of the order Hemiptera, and so is one of the "true bugs".

bug (plural bugs)

1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
2. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

   These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

3. Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.
4. A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

   The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 5.

5. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

   He’s got the flu bug.

6. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

   I think he’s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.

   to catch the skiing bug

7. An electronic intercept device

   We installed a bug in her telephone

8. A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

   He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

9. 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

   Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show

10. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments
11. A semi-automated telegraph key
    • 1938, Paul Gallico, Farewell to Sport, p257

      At this point your telegraph operator, sitting at your right, goes "Ticky-tick-tickety-de-tick-tick," with his bug, as he calls his transmitter, and looks at you expectantly.

    • 1942, Arthur Reinhold Nilson, Radio Code Manual, p134

      As far as the dashes are concerned, the bug is the same in operation as any regular key would be if it were turned up on edge instead of sitting flat on the desk.

    • 1986, E. L. Doctorow, World's Fair, p282

      I was a very good radio operator. I bought my own bug. That's what the telegraph key in its modern form was called. It was semiautomatic.

12. (usually "the bug") (LGBT) The HIV.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "bug": major, minor, serious, critical, nasty, annoying, important, strange, stupid, flying, silly.

Synonyms

• (An intercept device): wiretap
• See also Wikisaurus:defect

Derived terms

• buglet
• debug

Translations

an insect of the order Hemiptera

Chinese: Mandarin: 臭蟲 (zh), 臭虫 (zh) (chòuchóng) Croatian: kukac (hr) m., insekt (hr) m., polukrilac (hr) m. Czech: štěnice (cs) f. Dutch: insect (nl) n. Finnish: lude (fi) French: insecte (fr) m., punaise (fr) f. German: Wanze (de) f. Haitian Creole: ensèk

Italian: cimice (it) f., insetto (it) m. Navajo: chʼosh Persian: ساس (fa) (sâs) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: клоп (ru) (klop) m. Slovene: hrošč (sl) m., stenica (sl) f., zajedavska stenica (sl) f. Spanish: chinche (es) m. Turkish: böcek (tr)

a colloquial name for insect

Basque: zomorro (eu), insektu (eu) Bulgarian: буболечка (bg) f. Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 蟲 (zh), 虫 (zh) (chóng) Croatian: buba (hr) f. Dutch: insect (nl) n., beestje (nl) n. Finnish: ötökkä (fi) French: insecte (fr) m. German: Wanze (de) f. Greek: κοριός (el) (coriós) m., ζωύφιο (el) (zoýfio) n. Haitian Creole: ensèk Hebrew: חרק (h(χ)arak) m. Italian: bacarozzo m.

Japanese: 虫 (ja) (むし, mushi) Khmer: សត្វល្អិត (km) (sat l’ǝt) Maltese: insett żgħir m. Nanai: колан (kolan) Navajo: chʼosh Polish: robak, robal m., owad m. Portuguese: bicho (pt) m. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: (colloquial) букашка (ru) (bukáška), (colloquial) козявка (ru) (kozjávka), (standard term) насекомое (ru) (nasekómoje) n. Slovene: žužek m. Spanish: bicho (es) m. Turkish: böcek (tr)

various species of marine crustaceans

French: cigale de mer (fr) f.

problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)

Chinese: Mandarin: 錯誤 (zh), 错误 (zh) (cuòwù) Croatian: greška (hr) f. Czech: chyba (cs) f. Dutch: bug (nl) m. Finnish: bugi (fi) French: bogue (fr) m., bug (fr) German: Fehler (de) m., Fehlfunktion (de) f., Bug (de) m. Greek: (software) σφάλμα (el) (sfálma) n., (hardware) ελάττωμα (el) (eláttoma) n. Hebrew: באג (bug) m.

Italian: malfunzionamento (it) m., errore (it) m. Japanese: (general) 不具合 (ja) (fuguai); (general) バグ (ja) (bagu) Korean: 버그 (ko) (beogeu) Maltese: bagg m. Persian: باگ (fa) (bâg) Polish: byk (pl) m. Portuguese: defeito (pt) m., falha (pt) f. Russian: баг (ru) (bag) m., ошибка (ru) (ošíbka) f., дефект (ru) (defékt) m. Slovene: hrošč (sl) m.

contagious illness, bacteria, virus

Chinese: 病菌, 病菌 (bìng jùn) Croatian: bakterija (hr) f., virus (hr) m., mikrob (hr) m. Finnish: pöpö (fi) French: microbe (fr) m., virus (fr) m. German: Ungeziefer (de) n.

Greek: ιός (el) m. Italian: batterio (it) m., virus (it) m. Japanese: ばい菌 (ja) (baikin) Maltese: infezzjoni, vajrus

an enthusiasm for something

Chinese: 熱衷, 热衷 (rè zhōng) Croatian: groznica (hr) f. Finnish: kuume (fi), kärpänen (fi) French: virus (fr) m., manie (fr) f.

Hebrew: חידק (H(χ)aidak, literally, Bacteria) Italian: morbo (it) m., passione (it) f., mania (it) f. Japanese: 熱 (ja) (netsu)

an electronic listening device

Bulgarian: бръмбар (bg) m. Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: 竊聽器, 窃听器 (qiē tīng qì) Czech: štěnice (cs) f. Finnish: salakuuntelulaite,kuuntelulaite French: mouchard (fr) m., micro (fr) m., écoute (fr) f. German: Wanze (de) f. Greek: κοριός (el) (coriós) m.

Hebrew: מיקרופון (Microphon, literally, Microphone) Italian: cimice (it) f., microspia (it) f. Japanese: 盗聴器 (ja) (tōchōki) Polish: pluskwa (pl) f. Portuguese: (Brazil) grampo m. Romanian: microfon (ro) n. Russian: жучок (ru) (žučók) m. Spanish: please add this translation if you can

a small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page

French: pixel de tracking (fr) m., traceur (fr) m.

a small image placed in a corner of a television program

Finnish: logo (fi) French: logo (fr) m. Hebrew: סמל (Semel, literally, Symbol)

Italian: logo della retem. Polish: logo (pl) n.

manually positioned marker in flight instruments

a semi-automated telegraph key

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

• Catalan: [1] xinxa f.
• Korean: 벌레 (boelle)
• Norwegian: insekt n. (2), feil m. (3), bakterie m. (4)
• Slovak: inzekt, chrobák m.

See also

Balmain bug bedbug bug-eyed gold bug lightning bug

mealybug mirid bug Morton Bay bug shield bug snug as a bug in a rug travel bug true bug

Verb

bug (third-person singular simple present bugs, present participle bugging, simple past and past participle bugged)

1. (informal, transitive) To annoy.

   Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

2. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

   We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:annoy

Derived terms

• bug out

Translations

to annoy

Finnish: häiritä (fi), ärsyttää (fi) French: ennuyer (fr), embêter (fr), agacer (fr), enquiquiner (fr), (vulgar) emmerder (fr) German: nerven (de) Greek: τρώω (el) Italian: infastidire (it), scocciare (it) Japanese: 邪魔をする (ja) (jama wo suru)

Mandarin: 煩擾, 烦扰 (fán rǎo) Polish: (informal and usually impolite) wkurzać Portuguese: chatear (pt) Slovene: živcirati (colloq) Turkish: kızdırmak (tr)

to install an electronic listening device in

Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite French: poser (fr) un mouchard (fr) / un micro (fr), mettre sur écoute (fr) German: verwanzen (de) Italian: spiare (it), intercettare (it) Japanese: 盗聴器を仕掛ける (ja) (tōchōki wo shikakeru)

Mandarin: 安裝竊聽器 安装窃听器 (ān zhuāng qiē tīng qì) Polish: zakładać pluskwę Portuguese: (Brazil) grampear Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo

See also

• Hemiptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hemiptera
• Hemiptera on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Hemiptera
• Hemiptera on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Hemiptera
• Software bug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Software bug

Anagrams

• gub

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun

bug c. (singular definite bugen, plural indefinite buge)

1. stomach
2. abdomen
3. belly

Inflection

    Inflection of bug

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bug	bugen	buge	bugene
genitive	bugs	bugens	buges	bugenes

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French

Etymology

English bug

Noun

bug f. (plural bugs)

1. (slang) A bug (a problem, especially in computing)