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Definition of bugging

bug    

noun

  • an undesired aspect of something that causes it to exhibit an unwanted response in a particular situation.
    When I switch my car into 4-wheel drive, the Bluetooth connection no longer works. It must be some weird bug.

    Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 13 2009.

  • the underlying source of that undesired aspect.
    I know WinZip crashes when you try to validate an archive. I've been looking for the bug for over an hour, but I think I've narrowed down where it can be in the source code.

    Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 04 2011.

verb - ambitransitive

  • to pester or annoy.
    Why do you keep bugging me? Go away.
    That creep won't stop buggin'.

    Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Tara from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Feb 07 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':

Definitions include: a hockey game or something that went all worng.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: something especially bad.
Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number.
Definitions include: an apology.
Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.
Definitions include: in reverse or totally incorrect
Definitions include: to kill.
Definitions include: disturbing.
Definitions include: to botch.
Definitions include: something self-defeating.
Definitions include: to ruin; "mess up".
Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
Definitions include: a disappointing event.
Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".

Other terms relating to 'broken':

Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.
Definitions include: under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").
Definitions include: to destroy.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: Messed up, broken, crazy.
Definitions include: broken.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
Definitions include: messed up, weird.
Definitions include: very cold.
Definitions include: Past tense of "screw".
Definitions include: extremely tired.
Definitions include: under the influence of Ecstasy (MDMA).

Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising.
Definitions include: acronym for "fuck off and die".
Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my ass off."
Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity.
Definitions include: acronym for "you have been trolled", i.e. you have fallen victim to an internet troll.
Definitions include: to strike a heavy blow.
Definitions include: before.
Definitions include: "Oh my fucking God."
Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
Definitions include: acronym for "talk amongst yourselves".
Definitions include: acronym for "good luck, have fun".
Definitions include: to act in an exaggerated style, usually to make people laugh.
Definitions include: nauseous, irritable, with an aching body and headaches, as a result of staying awake too long.
Definitions include: "Tweep I'd like to follow."

Other terms relating to 'excited, energetic':

Definitions include: to "pump it up," get loud, get excited, etc.
Definitions include: "excited".
Definitions include: under the influence of stimulants, e.g. caffeine or methamphetamines.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: excited or energized.
Definitions include: alternative spelling of "psyched".
Definitions include: excited; "psyched".
Definitions include: extremely muscular.
Definitions include: overly excited.
Definitions include: vagina.
Definitions include: very excited.
Definitions include: excited.
Definitions include: exclamation of excitement.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
Definitions include: physically excited, often appearing as if one is losing some control of their body.

Other terms relating to 'to annoy, interfere, intrude':

Definitions include: to really annoy or upset.
Definitions include: to ruin a person's positive mood; "harsh (one's) mellow".
Definitions include: something hard to find.
Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
Definitions include: See third wheel.
Definitions include: to affect or bother someone.
Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
Definitions include: also a diminutive form of aggro.
Definitions include: to pester someone about something.
Definitions include: to annoy someone.
Definitions include: an annoying person, especially one making unwanted sexual advances.
Definitions include: an unattractive female or one with a bad reputation.
Definitions include: to annoy, pester, bother.
Definitions include: to be very attracted to someone, so much so that one nearly sweats when one sees the object of their affection.

Other terms relating to 'to become angry, go crazy, freak out':

Definitions include: a bad tantrum.
Definitions include: to get high.
Definitions include: to become angry at and yell (that is, to "bitch") at someone.
Definitions include: to go insane.
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
Definitions include: to make a person angry.
Definitions include: to laugh hysterically.
Definitions include: crazy.
Definitions include: to act in a crazy manner towards someone - e.g. yelling, beating.
Definitions include: to go crazy.
Definitions include: a tantrum.
Definitions include: to go crazy.
Definitions include: freak out or go crazy.
Definitions include: to cause a person to become angry or aggravated.
Definitions include: to go insane.

Other terms relating to 'to joke, kid, or jest':

Definitions include: to smile widely, with teeth.
Definitions include: to tease.
Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss.
Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around".
Definitions include: to mock, make fun of, kid.
Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
Definitions include: acronym for "just kidding".
Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a playful manner.
Definitions include: to kid; playfully deceive; joke with.
Definitions include: to joke around with someone.
Definitions include: to joke or kid; "pull (one's) leg".
Definitions include: to mock, make fun of, kid.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: to hit, attack.
Definitions include: a joke from a comedy routine.

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Other terms relating to 'bug':

Definitions include: a horse jockey trainee
Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B.
Definitions include: of a person, crazy.
Definitions include: a person who is a pest and deserves to be bugged (i.e. annoyed.)
Definitions include: having one or more bugs; "buggy".
Definitions include: Kool-Aid, soda, or any kind of artificially sweetened drink.
Definitions include: to get high.
Definitions include: a firefly.
Definitions include: a photography enthusiast.
Definitions include: very snug.
Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident.

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