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- pronunciation:
- buhg
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A bug is an insect or similar animal that crawls. The word "bug" is an informal word we use when we are talking with our friends or family.
I love to go camping, but I don't like it when there are a lot of bugs.
- synonyms:
- insect
- similar words:
- arthropod, fly
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| definition 2: |
Sometimes when we are sick, we say we have a bug.
She did not come to school all week because she had a bug.- synonyms:
- germ
- similar words:
- bacterium, illness, infection, sickness, virus
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| definition 3: |
A bug in a computer program is a problem that keeps it from working correctly.
Because of a bug, I couldn't play my favorite game on the computer.- synonyms:
- defect, fault, flaw
- similar words:
- error
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| related words: |
cold, disease, fault |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
bugs, bugging, bugged |
| definition 1: |
When something or someone bugs you, they annoy you. They make you a little angry.
It bugs me how he's always borrowing my pens and he never gives them back.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, irritate
- similar words:
- anger, disturb, eat, needle, provoke, trouble
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| definition 2: |
If somebody bugs you to do something, they ask you many times to do it.
My mom has to bug my brother to do his homework. If she doesn't bug him every night, he won't do it. |
| related words: |
irritate |
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