bugged
(adjective) having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; “wired hotel rooms”; “even the car is bugged”
tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
(verb) annoy persistently; “The children teased the boy because of his stammer”
wiretap, tap, intercept, bug
(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; “The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”; “Is this hotel room bugged?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bugged
simple past tense and past participle of bug
bugged (comparative more bugged, superlative most bugged)
(on one's person or of a telephone line, dwelling, room, etc.) Containing a bug (interceptive listening device).
(of software, website, feature, etc) Affected by a bug.
Version 0.50.0 was completely bugged for Linux.
Source: Wiktionary
Bug, n. Etym: [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. Bogey, Boggle.]
1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Note: According to present popular usage in England, and among housekeepers in America, bug, when not joined with some qualifying word, is used specifically for bedbug. As a general term it is used very loosely in America, and was formerly used still more loosely in England. "God's rare workmanship in the ant, the poorest bug that creeps." Rogers (Naaman). "This bug with gilded wings." Pope. Bait bug. See under Bait.
– Bug word, swaggering or threatening language. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
