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(entomology) An insect of the order (order) (the “true bugs”).

Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

(informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

(informal) Any minibeast.

(US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.

(specifically) A bedbug.

(Q179550)(jargon) A problem that needs fixing.

📑 Synonyms: defect glitch

A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

(informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.

A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.

A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

(Maine) A lobster.

(television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.

(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.

A semi-automated telegraph key.

(obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.

📑 Synonyms: bog bogey bogle boggle boggard bugbear

("the bug") HIV.

(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.

(slang) A trilobite.

(dated) (oil bug).

(horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.

(by extension) A young apprentice jockey.

📑 Synonyms: bug boy

(printing) (union bug).

(slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.

(slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

(annoy) To annoy.

(be creepy) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.

(surveil, audially) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

(of eyes) To bulge or protrude.