bug word

bug word
noun also bug's word
Etymology: bug (I)
1. obsolete : a word to terrify
2. obsolete : threatening language — usually used in plural

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Bug word — Bug Bug (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bug-word — bugˈ word noun (obsolete) A terrifying or threatening word • • • Main Entry: ↑bug …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bug — (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bug's word — noun see bug word …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bug — /bug/; Pol., Russ. /boohk/, n. 1. 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 mi. (725 km) long. 2. a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE… …   Universalium

  • Bug informatique — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bogue et Bug. Un bug (de l’anglais bug, « insecte ») ou bogue[1],[2] est, en informat …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bug — bug1 /bug/, n., v., bugged, bugging. n. 1. Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect. 2. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate. 3. Informal. any microorganism, esp. a virus: He was laid up for a week by an… …   Universalium

  • Bait bug — Bug Bug (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bug — I UK [bʌɡ] / US noun Word forms bug : singular bug plural bugs * 1) [countable] informal an infectious but usually minor illness a flu bug get/pick up a bug (= develop an illness): You must have picked up a bug on holiday. 2) [countable]… …   English dictionary

  • Bug (informatique) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bogue et Bug. En informatique, un bug (de l’anglais bug, « insecte ») ou bogue (au Québec[1] et recommandé en France par la DGLFLF[2 …   Wikipédia en Français

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