Definition of a lightning bug

lightning bug    

noun

• a firefly.
  • See more words with the same meaning: bugs, insects (list of).

  Last edited on Jun 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 25 2010.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'bugs, insects (list of)':
mossie	Definitions include: a mosquito.
flutterby	Definitions include: butterfly.
mozzie	Definitions include: a mosquito.
skeeter	Definitions include: a mosquito.
roly-poly	Definitions include: a woodlouse, AKA pill bug.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'bug':
bug	Definitions include: to pester or annoy.
bug boy	Definitions include: a horse jockey trainee
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bug-for-bug compatible	Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B.
bug f*ck	Definitions include: of a person, crazy.
buggable	Definitions include: a person who is a pest and deserves to be bugged (i.e. annoyed.)
bugged	Definitions include: having one or more bugs; "buggy".
bug juice	Definitions include: Kool-Aid, soda, or any kind of artificially sweetened drink.
bug out	Definitions include: to get high.
shutter-bug	Definitions include: a photography enthusiast.
snug as a bug in a rug	Definitions include: very snug.
tickle a bug	Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident.
Other terms relating to 'lightning':
greased lightning	Definitions include: something very fast.
Jewish lightning	Definitions include: arson for profit.
lightning rod	Definitions include: something or someone that attracts something else.

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