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bug

  • noun
  • bŭg

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

Other meanings

  1. A motile arthropod, especially a small and terrestrial one.

  2. A problem that needs fixing.

    “The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.”

Example sentences

  • “I must have a stomach bug or something.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "bugge" (scarecrow, hobgoblin).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bug” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.