Phrase Hound found 229 phrases and 141 compound words that contain bug. The most common are listed below. Open bug in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 229
- Southern BugA river in Ukraine.
- bug fixAlternative spelling of bugfix: A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
- Bug report
- Bug tracking
- true bugAny of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
- bug fixesplural of bug fix: A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
- Bug database
- bug outTo leave (a place) hastily.
- Western BugA river in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine (Bug), flowing northwest 450 miles.
- gold bugA person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).
- millennium bugA design flaw in computer systems that represented years as two digits (e.g. 84 for 1984), which could cause date calculations to fail if they involved years later than 1999.
- water bugAny member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs.
- pill bugAny of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
- June bugAny of several species of beetles:
- score bugA chyron displaying a sports score and similar information.
- travel bugA tag stamped with a number, placed in a geocache (often attached to another item, called a hitchhiker) so that subsequent finders can take it to other caches and track its movement around the world.
- bug sprayInsecticide in aerosol form for killing household pests.
- shield bugAny of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
- web bugA small, usually transparent image added by an advertiser to a webpage (to track its popularity) or email message (to track when it is read).
- lace bugAny insect in the family Tingidae, named for the lace-like appearance of the wings and pronotum.
- new bugA new pupil.
- bug eyesBulging or protruding eyes.
- bug-manA micropaleontologist, particularly a foraminiferologist.
- plant bugAny insect in the family Miridae
- river bugA one-person craft used in river bugging which resembles an armchair.
Compound words 141
- bugfixA patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
- bugbearAn ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
- shutterbugA person who makes a hobby of photography.
- doodlebugThe V-1 flying bomb.
- ladybugSynonym of ladybird: Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
- stinkbugAny of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
- mealybugAny of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
- jitterbugA nervous or jittery person.
- bugwoodCutover scrap lumber.
- bugmailA quantity of e-mail messages announcing changes made in a bug tracker.