bug

bug
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noun
1 infectious illness
ADJECTIVE
nasty
flu, stomach, tummy
VERB + BUG
have
catch, come down with, get, pick up
BUG + VERB
go around, go round (esp. BrE)

A stomach bug has been going around at school.

strike sb down (BrE)
PREPOSITION
with a/the bug

He's off work with a flu bug.

2 sudden interest in sth
VERB + BUG
be bitten by, catch, get

She's been bitten by the travel bug.

BUG + VERB
bite (sb)
3 sth wrong in a system/machine
ADJECTIVE
minor
annoying
computer, software
VERB + BUG
discover, find
fix
PREPOSITION
bug in

a bug in the software

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verb
Bug is used with these nouns as the object: ↑phone, ↑telephone

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