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  1. noun A true bug.
  2. noun An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig. See Regional Note at lightning bug.
  3. noun A disease-producing microorganism: a flu bug.
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  • In the case of the policy, the bug was a loophole--actually, several loopholes. —  Analog, July-August 2006
  • Microsoft denies Media Player bug - Company says flaw does not pose security risk Microsoft has denied claims that a bug is affecting its Windows Media Player software, posing a security risk for PC users. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • This bug is also being tracked in SvenDowideit - 11 Jan 2008 —  TWiki.Codev
  • Run performance checks against older PHP versions to try to pin down when the bug was added —  PHPDeveloper.org
  • Some of the same difficulties with a bug will be there with an iambic keyer. —  eHam.net News
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

insect ·  spider ·  beetle ·  snake ·  ant ·  worm ·  lizard ·  rat ·  frog ·  mosquito ·  fly ·  moth

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bug:   bugging ·  bugged ·  bugs
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  1. from Middle English bugge, prob. from Welsh bwg, a hobgoblin, specter, bwgan, a specter, = Cornish bucca, a hobgoblin, bugbear, = Gaelic Irish bocan, a specter, Irish puca, an elf, sprite (later English puck). Cf. bog, bogy, bogle, and see bug.
  2. A particular application of bug.
  3. from bug, n.
  4. English dial. variant of buck or of its primitive verb bow, from Middle English bowen, buzen, from Anglo-Saxon būgan: see buck, bow.
  5. English dial. variant of big, and perhaps of bog; prob. confused with bug: see bug, and cf. bug-word.
 

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