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• bug|ger|y — «BUHG uhr ee», noun. the crime of sodomy (in British legal usage) …   Useful english dictionary

• doo´dle|bug´ger — doo|dle|bug1 «DOO duhl BUHG», noun. U.S. the larva of the ant lion. The doodlebug digs a pit to catch other insects. ╂[American English, perhaps < earlier English doodle simpleton + bug] doo|dle|bug2 «DOO duhl BUHG», noun, verb, bugged,… …   Useful english dictionary

• hum´bug´ger — hum|bug «HUHM BUHG», noun, verb, bugged, bug|ging. –n. 1. a person who pretends to be what he is not; fraud; impostor: »What a humbug that woman is (Thackeray). SYNONYM(S): charlatan …   Useful english dictionary

• hum|bug|ger|y — «HUHM BUHG uhr ee», noun, plural ger|ies. false pretense; humbugging …   Useful english dictionary

• bug — bug·a·boo; bug·bear; bug; bug·ger·man; bug·gery; bug·gi·ness; bug·gy·man; bug·ol·o·gist; bug·ol·o·gy; hum·bug·gery; de·bug·ger; bug·ger; bug·gy; de·bug; hum·bug; bes·sy·bug; doo·dle·bug·ger; …   English syllables

• ger — ag·ger; an·ger·ly; ar·mi·ger; as·trol·o·ger; au·ger; aus·trin·ger; bag·ger; bal·in·ger; bee·ger·ite; ber·ger; boot·leg·ger; bött·ger; bou·lan·ger·ite; brag·ger; braun·schwei·ger; brev·i·ger; brög·ger·ite; bud·ger·ee; bud·ger·i·gar; bud·ger·ow;… …   English syllables

• bug — {{11}}bug (n.) insect, 1620s (earliest reference is to bedbugs), probably from M.E. bugge something frightening, scarecrow (late 14c.), a meaning obsolete except in BUGBEAR (Cf. bugbear) (1570s) and BUGABOO (Cf. bugaboo) (q.v.); probably… …   Etymology dictionary

• doo|dle|bug — doo|dle|bug1 «DOO duhl BUHG», noun. U.S. the larva of the ant lion. The doodlebug digs a pit to catch other insects. ╂[American English, perhaps < earlier English doodle simpleton + bug] doo|dle|bug2 «DOO duhl BUHG», noun, verb, bugged,… …   Useful english dictionary

• hum|bug — «HUHM BUHG», noun, verb, bugged, bug|ging. –n. 1. a person who pretends to be what he is not; fraud; impostor: »What a humbug that woman is (Thackeray). SYNONYM(S): charlatan …   Useful english dictionary

• bugger — bug·ger …   English syllables