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1 English
2 German

English

Pronunciation

  • AHD: bŭg
  • IPA: /bʌg/
  • SAMPA: /bVg/

Noun

  1. A colloquial name for an insect. (These flies are a bother. I'll get some bug spray and kill them.)
  2. A problem that needs fixing. (The program has a bug in it.)
  3. An illness. (He's got the flu bug.)
  4. An enthusiasm for something. (I think he's a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.)
  5. An electronic listening device. (We installed a bug in her telephone.)
  6. A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it. (He suspected the image was a web bug used for detrmining who was visiting the site.)
  7. 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. (He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.)

Translations

  • German: Ungeziefer n (1), Wanze f (3)
  • Polish : robak, robal m (1 colloq), owad m (1), byk m (2), pluskwa f (5)
  • Turkish: böcek

Verb

  1. To annoy. (Don't bug me, I'm busy)
  2. To install an electronic listening device. (We need to know what's going on. We'll bug the place.)

Translations

  • German: nerven (1), verwanzen (2)
  • Polish: wkurzać (1) colloq and usually impolite, zakładać pluskwę (2)

Further reading

Wikipedia article on bugs
Wikipedia article on computer bugs


German

noun

der Bug m

  1. The front of a ship or boat; the bow.



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