British English : bug If someone bugs a place, they hide tiny microphones in it which transmit what people are saying. VERBHe heard that they were planning to bug his office.
noun
any insect of the order Hemiptera, esp any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum) See also assassin bug , bedbug , chinch bug
(mainly US & Canadian ) any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug
(informal ) a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease
a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
(informal ) an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc)
(informal ) a person having such a craze; enthusiast
(often plural) (informal ) an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program
(informal ) a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying
(US ) (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush
a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease
a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
verb
(transitive) to irritate; bother
(transitive) to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc)
(intransitive) (US ) (of eyes) to protrude
noun
(obsolete ) an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin
verb
a past tense and past participle of big2
noun
Also called : Southern Bug . a river in E Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing southeast to the Dnieper estuary and the Black Sea. Length: 853 km (530 miles)
Also called : Western Bug . a river in E Europe, rising in SW Ukraine and flowing northwest to the River Vistula in Poland, forming part of the border between Poland and Ukraine. Length: 724 km (450 miles)