Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhgz]
- /bʌgz/
- /bʌɡ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhgz]
- /bʌgz/
Definitions of bugs word
- adjective bugs crazy 3
- abbreviation Definition of BUGS in Technology bug 3
- adjective bugs crazy; insane. 1
- noun bugs Also called Western Bug. a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and forming part of the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, flowing NW to the Vistula River in Poland. 450 miles (725 km) long. 1
- noun bugs Also called Southern Bug. a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE to the Dnieper estuary. About 530 miles (850 km) long. 1
- verb with object bugs to install a secret listening device in (a room, building, etc.) or on (a telephone or other device): The phone had been bugged. 1
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Origin of bugs
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; See origin at bug1, -s3
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bugs
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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bugs popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bugs usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bugs
noun bugs
- acarids — Plural form of acarid.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- automobiles — Plural form of automobile.
verb bugs
- badgers — Plural form of badger.
- duns — Plural form of dun.
- eyeballs — Plural form of eyeball.
- gets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of get.
- hounds — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
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