intransitive verb

• to joke; KID.

  Ya buggin'.

  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by Nelli M., Jul 27 2005  (Edit definition)

• to be extremely excited.

  I'm buggin'!

  More words meaning: excited, energetic

  by Wendy R., Dallas, TX 75231, USA, May 10 2007  (Edit definition)

• to react with extreme or irrational distress or composure; FREAK OUT.

  I was bugging after she got home.

  More words meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

noun

• An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction.

  There's a bug in the editor: it writes things out backwards.

  The system crashed because of a hardware bug.

  Fred is a winner, but he has a few bugs. (i.e. Fred is a good guy, but he has a few personality problems).

  More words meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate
  More words meaning: broken
  More words meaning: computer slang

  by The Jargon File, Aug 13 2009  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to pester or annoy.

  Why do you keep bugging me? Go away.

  More words meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

origin

• Regarding the "unwanted and unintended property" meaning:
  
  Admiral Grace Hopper (an early computing pioneer better known for inventing the programming language COBOL) liked to tell a story in which a technician solved a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II machine by pulling an actual insect out from between the contacts of one of its relays, and she subsequently promulgated "bug" in its hackish sense as a joke about the incident (though, as she was careful to admit, she was not there when it happened). For many years the logbook associated with the incident and the actual bug in question (a moth) sat in a display case at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The entire story, with a picture of the logbook and the moth taped into it, is recorded in the Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1981), pp. 285--286. The text of the log entry (from September 9, 1947), reads, "1545 Relay #70 Panel F (moth) in relay. First actual case of bug being found."
  
  This wording establishes that the term was already in use at the time in its current specific sense, and Hopper herself reports that the term "bug" was regularly applied to problems in radar electronics during WWII.
  
  Indeed, the use of "bug" to mean an industrial defect was already established in Thomas Edison's time, and a more specific and rather modern use can be found in an electrical handbook from 1896 (Hawkin's New Catechism of Electricity, Theo. Audel & Co.) which says, "The term "bug" is used to a limited extent to designate any fault or trouble in the connections or working of electric apparatus."
  
  It further notes that the term is said to have originated in quadruplex telegraphy and have been transferred to all electric apparatus.
  
  The latter observation may explain a common folk etymology of the term: that it came from telephone company usage, in which bugs in a telephone cable were blamed for noisy lines.
  
  Historians of the field inform us that the term was regularly used in the early days of telegraphy to refer to a variety of semi-automatic telegraphy keyers that would send a string of dots if you held them down. In fact, the Vibroplex keyers (which were among the most common of this type) even had a graphic of a beetle on them (and still do)! While the ability to send repeated dots automatically was very useful for professional morse code operators, these were also significantly trickier to use than the older manual keyers, and it could take some practice to ensure one didn't introduce extraneous dots into the code by holding the key down a fraction too long. In the hands of an inexperienced operator, a Vibroplex "bug" on the line could mean that a lot of garbled Morse would soon be coming your way.
  
  Further, the term has long been used among radio technicians to describe a device that converts electromagnetic field variations into acoustic signals. It is used to trace radio interference and look for dangerous radio emissions. Radio community usage derives from the roach-like shape of the first versions used by 19th century physicists. The first versions consisted of a coil of wire (roach body), with the two wire ends sticking out and bent back to nearly touch forming a spark gap (roach antennae). The bug is to the radio technician what the stethoscope is to the stereotypical medical doctor. This sense is almost certainly ancestral to modern use of "bug" meaning a covert monitoring device, but may also have contributed to the use of the term for the effects of radio interference itself.
  
  Actually, use of "bug" in the general sense of a disruptive event goes back to Shakespeare! (Henry VI, part III - Act V, Scene II: King Edward:
  
  "So, lie thou there. Die thou; and die our fear; For Warwick was a bug that fear'd us all."
  
  In the first edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary one meaning of "bug" is "A frightful object; a walking spectre." This is traced to "bugbear", a Welsh term for a variety of mythological monster which (to complete the circle) has recently been reintroduced into the popular lexicon through fantasy role-playing games. In any case, in jargon the word almost never refers to insects.
  
  A careful discussion of the etymological issues can be found in a paper by Fred R. Shapiro, 1987, "Entomology of the Computer Bug: History and Folklore", American Speech 62(4):376-378.
  
  As of late 1990, the NSWC still had the bug, but had unsuccessfully tried to get the Smithsonian to accept it. The present curator of their History of American Technology Museum didn't know this and agreed that it would make a worthwhile exhibit. It was moved to the Smithsonian in mid-1991, but due to space and money constraints was not actually exhibited for years afterwards.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 13 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• an attractive male.

  I'm going to the party to find me some cheese.

  More words meaning: attractive male

  by Janelle O., Omaha, NE, USA, Jan 28 1998  (Edit definition)

• money.

  Gotta make that cheese.

  More words meaning: money

  by ALLAN L., Atlanta, GA, USA, Jun 02 1998  (Edit definition)

• smegma.

  More words meaning: penis

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 02 2009  (Edit definition)

• something cheesey.

  More words meaning: corny

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 21 2009  (Edit definition)

verb

• to smile widely, with teeth. From the standard photographer command "Say cheese!" used to elicit smiles.

  He was cheesin' big time when she kissed him.

  More words meaning: to smile

  by Angela Sawyers, Detroit, MI, USA, Sep 23 1997  (Edit definition)

• to joke; MESS AROUND.

  I'm just cheesin' with you.

  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by Rochelle S., England, United Kingdom, Sep 06 2007  (Edit definition)

verb

• to kid, to joke with.

  I'm just joshing you!

  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001  (Edit definition)

intransitive verb

• to make an inappropriate joke.

  Don't even play like that.

  More words meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate
  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by John F., Barberton, OH, USA, Jan 04 2006  (Edit definition)

noun

• sexual activity.

  Did you get some play last night?

  More words meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms)

  by Erin P., Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Apr 17 1998  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to do someone wrong.

  That nigga played me bogus.

  More words meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err
  More words meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick

  by Diamond S., Edgewater, IL, USA, Jul 29 2002  (Edit definition)

• to cheat on.

  He was playing her with a girl named Natasha.

  More words meaning: to cheat on one's significant other

  by Anonymous, Dec 13 2002  (Edit definition)

• to do anything necessary to have sex with someone.

  He totally played his last 'girlfriend.'

  More words meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick

  by Anonymous, Jan 02 2003  (Edit definition)

intransitive verb

• to mock, make fun of, kid. Origin: British.

  Are you taking the piss?

  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by Michael David, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Dec 14 1996  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• Also: take the piss out of, to aggravate someone on purpose.

  You're taking the piss out of me!

  More words meaning: to insult, complain, criticize

  by Stephen Judd, Nov 12 1997  (Edit definition)

verb

• to joke or "kid"; PULL (ONE'S) LEG.

  Relax man, I'm just yanking your sack!

  More words meaning: to joke, kid, or jest

  by Rhea Sterling, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, Dec 01 2002  (Edit definition)