BUGS

Noun

bugs

plural of bug

Verb

bugs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bug

Adjective

bugs (comparative more bugs, superlative most bugs)

(slang) Crazy; unstable.

Anagrams

• BGSU, gubs

Noun

Bugs

plural of Bug

Anagrams

• BGSU, gubs

Source: Wiktionary


BUG

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. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.

3. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.

4. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

5. (Zoƶl.)

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



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ENSLAVEMENT

(noun) the state of being a slave; ā€œSo every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivityā€--Shakespeare


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