doo´dle|bug´ger

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, -bug|ging. U.S. Informal.
–n.
1. any one of various devices with which it is claimed mineral and oil deposits can be located.
2. = buzz bomb. (Cf.buzz bomb)
–v.i.
to use doodlebugs in prospecting.
[apparently special use of doodlebug1]
doo´dle|bug´ger, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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