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Definition of tickle a bug
tickle a bug
verb
- to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: something repeatedly posted on an internet-based discussion forum. | |
| Definitions include: one-off solutions that deal with some special case, rather than a more all-encompassing solution. | |
| Definitions include: outdoors. | |
| Definitions include: "later gator". | |
| Definitions include: "to". | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of Google. | |
| Definitions include: nauseous, irritable, with an aching body and headaches, as a result of staying awake too long. | |
| Definitions include: a worthless small program. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk to you soon". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "so far so good". | |
| Definitions include: to kick someone off of a network connection. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that only requires users to send a postcard to the author in order to purchase it. | |
| Definitions include: to terminate an account because the account-holder violated the Terms of Service. | |
| Definitions include: "to be quite honest". | |
| Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: excessive. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: to play around. | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
Other terms relating to 'bug': | |
| Definitions include: to pester or annoy. | |
| 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. | |
Other terms relating to 'tickle': | |
| Definitions include: a beard or mustache, but usually a mustache. | |
| Definitions include: sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: Spoonerism for tickled shitless. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: A long penis Girl come here so I can put this spine tickler up in you. | |
| Definitions include: happy. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase used when a guy gets hard. | |
| Definitions include: to be appealing to one. | |
| Definitions include: to please a person's penis in some way, e.g. via manual stimulation or fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: delighted. | |
| Definitions include: very delighted. | |
| Definitions include: female masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: to play the piano. | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
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