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Definitions for Bugging

[1] Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
[2] (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
[3] Informal . any microorganism, especially a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug.
[4] Informal . a defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program, or plan; glitch: The test flight discovered the bugs in the new plane.
[5] Informal . a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: a hi-fi bug. a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.
[6] Informal . a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device. any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location.
[7] a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc.
[8] Horse Racing . the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.
[9] a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other.
[10] Poker Slang . a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush.
[11] Printing . a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop.
[12] any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect.
[13] Chiefly British . a bedbug.
[14] to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged.
[15] to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business.
[16] bug off , Slang . to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.
[17] bug out , Slang . to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.
[18] put a bug in someone's ear , to give someone a subtle suggestion; hint: We put a bug in his ear about a new gymnasium.
[19] 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
[20] mainly US and Canadian any insect, such as the June bug or the Croton bug
[21] informal a microorganism, esp a bacterium, that produces disease a disease, esp a stomach infection, caused by a microorganism
[22] informal an obsessive idea, hobby, etc; craze (esp in the phrases get the bug, be bitten by the bug, the bug bites, etc)
[23] informal a person having such a craze; enthusiast
[24] (often plural) informal an error or fault, as in a machine or system, esp in a computer or computer program
[25] informal a concealed microphone used for recording conversations, as in spying
[26] US (in poker) a joker used as an ace or wild card to complete a straight or flush
[27] (tr) to irritate; bother
[28] (tr) to conceal a microphone in (a room, etc)
[29] (intr) US (of eyes) to protrude
[30] obsolete an evil spirit or spectre; hobgoblin
[31] a past tense and past participle of big 2
[32] 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)
[33] 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)

Words related to Bugging

bugannoy, harass, pester, irk, irritate, wiretap, chafe, needle, vex, nettle, plague, abrade, gall, provoke, badger, spy, tap, eavesdrop, overhear

Words nearby Bugging

bugbuffy, buffy coat, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufotoxin, bug, bug light, bug off, bug out, bug-eyed, bug-juice

Origin of Bugging

11615–25; 1885–90 for def 4 ; 1910–15 for def 5a ; 1915–20 for def 14 ; 1945–50 for def 15 ; earlier bugge beetle, apparently alteration of Middle English budde, Old English -budda beetle; sense “leave” obscurely related to other senses and perhaps of distinct orig.

Other words from Bugging

un·bugged , adjective

Word origin for Bugging

C14 bugge , perhaps from Middle Welsh bwg ghost. See also bugbear , bugaboo

Synonyms for Bugging

annoy, harass, irk, irritate, pester, abrade, badger, chafe, gall, needle, nettle, plague, provoke, vex, get on someone