bug
noun, verb
noun
1 [C] (especially AmE) any small insect
2 [C] (informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild:
a flu bug There's a stomach bug going round (     people are catching it from each other). I picked up a bug in the office.
3 (usually the ...bug) [sing.] (informal) an enthusiastic interest in sth such as a sport or a hobby:
the travel bug She was never interested in fitness before but now she's been bitten by the bug.
4 [C] (informal) a small hidden device for listening to other people's conversations:
They planted a bug in his hotel room.
5 [C] a fault in a machine, especially in a computer system or program
see also THE MILLENNIUM BUG
verb [VN]
1 to put a special device (     a bug) somewhere in order to listen secretly to other people's conversations:
They bugged her hotel room. They were bugging his telephone conversations. a bugging device
2 (informal) to annoy or irritate sb:
Stop bugging me Idioms:
It's something that's been bugging me a lot recently. She's really beginning to bug me.
IDIOMS
bug off Idioms:
(AmE, spoken) a rude way of telling sb to go away

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