bug

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q26371}} {{lb|en|entomology}} An [[insect]] of the order {{taxfmt|Hemiptera|order}} (the “[[true bug#English:_Q26371|true bug]]s”).
2. {{lb|en|informal|proscribed}} Any [[motile]] small [[terrestrial]] [[invertebrate]], especially one that is seen as a [[pest]].
3. {{senseid|en|Q6865172}} {{lb|en|informal}} Any [[minibeast]].
4. {{senseid|en|Q179550}}{{lb|en|chiefly|_|computing|engineering|_|jargon}} A [[problem]] that needs [[fixing]].
5. A contagious [[illness]], or a [[pathogen]] causing it.
6. {{lb|en|informal}} An [[enthusiasm]] for something; an [[obsession]].
7. {{lb|en|informal}} A keen [[enthusiast]] or [[hobbyist]].
8. A [[concealed]] [[electronic]] [[eavesdropping]] or [[intercept]] [[device]]
9. A small and usually [[invisible]] [[file]] (traditionally a single-[[pixel]] [[image]]) on a [[World Wide Web]] page, primarily used to [[track]] [[user]]s.
10. {{lb|en|television}} A small, usually [[transparent]] or [[translucent]] [[image]] placed in a corner of a [[television]] program to identify the broadcasting [[network]] or [[cable]] [[channel]].
11. {{lb|en|aviation}} A [[manually]] [[position]]ed [[marker]] in [[flight instrument]]s.
12. A semi-automated [[telegraph key]].

Verb

1. {{senseid|en|annoy}} {{lb|en|informal|transitive}} To [[annoy]].
2. {{senseid|en|be creepy}} {{lb|en|informal|intransitive}} To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
3. {{senseid|en|surveil, audially}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[install]] an electronic [[listening]] device or devices in.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|of eyes}} To bulge or protrude.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.

Adjective

1. {{init of|en|[[bisexual]] [[until]] [[graduation]]}}.

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