bug

See also: büg, Bug, búg, and buug

English

Etymology

1620 (referring to a bedbug); from earlier (deprecated template usage) bugge, conflation of (1) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) bugge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons (compare Norwegian (deprecated template usage) bugge, Low German dialect (deprecated template usage) Bögge; and (2) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) budde, from Old English (deprecated template usage) budda (see (deprecated template usage) scearnbudda), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, Template:recons (compare Low German (deprecated template usage) Budde, Norwegian (deprecated template usage) budda). More at bud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭg, , Template:X-SAMPA

• noicon

  (file)

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. Template: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. Template: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. (deprecated template usage) Template: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

• Catalan: xinxa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臭蟲／臭虫 (chòuchóng), 臭虫 (chòuchóng)

• Czech: štěnice f
• Dutch: insect (nl) n
• Finnish: lude (fi)
• French: insecte (fr) m, punaise (fr) f
• German: Wanze (de) f
• Haitian Creole: Template:tø
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cimice f, insetto (it) m
• Navajo: Template:tø
• Persian: ساس (fa) (sâs)
• Template:trreq
• Russian: клоп (ru) m (klop)
• Serbo-Croatian: kukac m, insekt m, polukrilac m
• Slovene: hrošč (sl) m, stenica (sl) f, zajedavska stenica f
• Spanish: chinche (es) m
• Turkish: böcek (tr)

a colloquial name for insect

• Basque: zomorro, insektu
• Bulgarian: буболечка (bg) f (bubolečka)
• Catalan: cuca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟲／虫, 虫 (chóng)

• Dutch: insect (nl) n, beestje (nl) n
• Finnish: ötökkä (fi)
• French: insecte (fr) m
• German: Wanze (de) f
• Greek: κοριός (el) m (koriós), ζωύφιο (el) n (zoýfio)
• Haitian Creole: Template:tø
• Hebrew: חרק m (h(χ) arak)
• Irish: feithid f
• Italian: bacarozzo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 虫 (ja) (むし, mushi)
• Khmer: សត្វល្អិត (sat l’ǝt)
• Maltese: insett żgħir m
• Nanai: Template:tø
• Navajo: Template:tø
• Polish: robak, robal m, owad m
• Portuguese: bicho (pt) m
• Template:trreq
• Russian: (colloquial) букашка (ru) (bukáška), (colloquial) козявка (ru) (kozjávka), (standard term) насекомое (ru) n (nasekómoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: buba f
• Slovene: žužek m
• Spanish: bicho (es) m
• Turkish: böcek (tr)

various species of marine crustaceans

• French: cigale de mer (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)

• Catalan: error (ca) m, defecte m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù), 错误 (cuòwù)

• Czech: chyba (cs) f
• Dutch: bug (nl) m
• Finnish: bugi (fi)
• French: bogue (fr) m, bug (fr)
• German: Fehler (de) m, Fehlfunktion f, Bug (de) m
• Greek: (software) σφάλμα (el) n (sfálma), (hardware) ελάττωμα (el) n (eláttoma)
• Hebrew: באג m (bug)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: malfunzionamento m, errore (it) m
• Japanese: (general) 不具合 (fuguai), (general) バグ (ja) (bagu)
• Korean: 버그 (beogeu)
• Maltese: bagg m
• Persian: باگ (bâg)
• Polish: byk (pl) m
• Portuguese: defeito (pt) m, falha (pt) f
• Russian: баг (ru) m (bag), ошибка (ru) f (ošíbka), дефект (ru) m (defékt)
• Serbo-Croatian: greška f
• Slovene: hrošč (sl) m

contagious illness, bacteria, virus

• Chinese: ,
• Finnish: pöpö (fi)
• French: microbe (fr) m, virus (fr) m
• German: Ungeziefer (de) n
• Greek: ιός (el) m (iós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: batterio (it) m, virus (it) m
• Japanese: ばい菌 (baikin)
• Maltese: infezzjoni, vajrus
• Serbo-Croatian: bakterija f, virus m, mikrob m

an enthusiasm for something

• Catalan: febre f, mania f
• Chinese: ,
• Finnish: kuume (fi), kärpänen (fi)
• French: virus (fr) m, manie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: חידק (H(χ) aidak, literally, Bacteria)
• Italian: morbo (it) m, passione (it) f, mania (it) f
• Japanese: 熱 (ja) (netsu)
• Serbo-Croatian: groznica f

an electronic listening device

• Bulgarian: бръмбар (bg) m (brǎmbar)
• Template:trreq
• Chinese: ,
• Czech: štěnice f
• Finnish: salakuuntelulaite, kuuntelulaite
• French: mouchard (fr) m, micro (fr) m, écoute (fr) f
• German: Wanze (de) f
• Greek: κοριός (el) m (koriós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: מיקרופון (Microphon, literally, Microphone)
• Italian: cimice f, microspia f
• Japanese: 盗聴器 (tōchōki)
• Polish: pluskwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) grampo
• Romanian: microfon (ro) n
• Russian: жучок (ru) m (žučók)
• Template:trreq

a small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page

• French: pixel de tracking m, traceur (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

a small image placed in a corner of a television program

• Finnish: logo (fi)
• French: logo (fr) m
• Hebrew: סמל (Semel, literally, Symbol)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: logo della rete m
• Polish: logo (pl) n

manually positioned marker in flight instruments

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

a semi-automated telegraph key

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 벌레 (boelle)
• (deprecated template usage) Norwegian: insekt Template:n (2), feil (3), bakterie (4)
• (deprecated template usage) Slovak: inzekt, chrobák

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. (deprecated template usage) To annoy.

   Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

2. Template: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) (tróo)
• Italian: infastidire (it), scocciare (it)
• Japanese: 邪魔をする (jama wo suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Mandarin: 煩擾, 烦扰 (fán rǎo)
• Polish: (informal and usually impolite) wkurzać
• Portuguese: chatear (pt)
• Russian: доставать (ru) (dostavatʹ)
• 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
• German: verwanzen
• Italian: spiare, intercettare
• Japanese: 盗聴器を仕掛ける (tōchōki wo shikakeru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Mandarin: 安裝竊聽器 安装窃听器 (ān zhuāng qiē tīng qì)
• Polish: zakładać pluskwę
• Portuguese: (Brazil) grampear
• Russian: ставить (ru) (stavitʹ) на (ru) (na) прослушивание (ru) (proslušivanije)
• Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo

Anagrams

• gub

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Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) búkr.

Noun

bug c (singular definite bugen, plural indefinite buge)

1. stomach
2. abdomen
3. belly

Inflection

Declension of bug

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

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) bug

Noun

bug f (plural bugs)

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