| bedbug | (noun) bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood | Synonyms: bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius |
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| bug | (noun) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | Synonyms: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect |
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| (noun) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | - |
| (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: germ, microbe |
| (noun) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly | - |
| (noun) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | Synonyms: glitch |
| chug | (noun) the dull explosive noise made by an engine | - |
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| crotonbug | (noun) small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest | Synonyms: Blattella germanica, Croton bug, German cockroach, water bug |
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| doodlebug | (noun) the larva of any of several insects | Synonyms: ant lion, antlion |
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| (noun) a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb | Synonyms: buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb, V-1 |
| (noun) a small motor vehicle | - |
| drainplug | (noun) a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin | - |
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| drug | (noun) a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic | - |
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| dug | (noun) an udder or breast or teat | - |
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| earplug | (noun) a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise | - |
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| (noun) an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal | - |
| firebug | (noun) a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain | - |
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| (noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, incendiary |
| fireplug | (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, plug |
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| fug | (noun) (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere | - |
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| hearthrug | (noun) a rug spread out in front of a fireplace | - |
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| hug | (noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: clinch, squeeze |
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| humbug | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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| (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
| (noun) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive | Synonyms: snake oil |
| jitterbug | (noun) a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s | - |
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| jug | (noun) a large bottle with a narrow mouth | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a jug | Synonyms: jugful |
| ladybug | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle |
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| litterbug | (noun) a person who litters public places with refuse | Synonyms: litter lout, litterer |
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| lug | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lobworm, lugworm |
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| (noun) a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something | - |
| (noun) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast | Synonyms: lugsail |
| mealybug | (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees | Synonyms: mealy bug |
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| mug | (noun) with handle and usually cylindrical | - |
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| (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
| (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, patsy, soft touch, sucker |
| (noun) the quantity that can be held in a mug | Synonyms: mugful |
| plug | (noun) an old or over-worked horse | Synonyms: hack, jade, nag |
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| (noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | Synonyms: stopper, stopple |
| (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, fireplug |
| (noun) electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark | Synonyms: spark plug, sparking plug |
| (noun) an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection | Synonyms: male plug |
| (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: ballyhoo, hoopla, hype |
| (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, quid, wad |
| pug | (noun) small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle | Synonyms: pug-dog |
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| quahaug | (noun) an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians | Synonyms: hard-shell clam, hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria |
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| (noun) Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes | Synonyms: hard-shell clam, quahog, round clam |
| redbug | (noun) larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation | Synonyms: chigger, harvest mite, jigger |
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| rug | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, carpeting |
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| shrug | (noun) a gesture involving the shoulders | - |
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| shutterbug | (noun) a photography enthusiast | - |
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| slug | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, punch |
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| (noun) any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell | - |
| (noun) a projectile that is fired from a gun | Synonyms: bullet |
| (noun) a strip of type metal used for spacing | Synonyms: type slug |
| (noun) an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped | - |
| (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: sluggard |
| (noun) a counterfeit coin | - |
| (noun) a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms | - |
| snug | (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery |
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| spittlebug | (noun) small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete | Synonyms: spittle insect |
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| superbug | (noun) a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics | - |
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| (noun) a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias | Synonyms: Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain |
| thug | (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, tough, toughie |
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| tug | (noun) a sudden abrupt pull | Synonyms: jerk |
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| (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tower, tugboat |
| tumblebug | (noun) any of various dung beetles | - |
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