Meaning

• Noun

  1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  2. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
  3. (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  4. (informal) Any minibeast.
  5. Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
  6. (obsolete) A bedbug.
  7. A problem that needs fixing.
  8. A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
  9. (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
  10. (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
  11. A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.
  12. A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
  13. A lobster.
  14. A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
  15. A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
  16. A semi-automated telegraph key.
  17. (obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
  18. HIV.
  19. A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
  20. (slang) A trilobite.
  21. (slang) Synonym of oil bug.
  22. (slang) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
  23. (slang) A young apprentice jockey.
  24. Synonym of union bug.
  25. (slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
  26. (slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

• Verb