| 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 |
| (verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease |
| (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: intercept, tap, wiretap |
| chug | (noun) the dull explosive noise made by an engine | - |
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| (verb) make a dull, explosive sound | - |
| 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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| debug | (verb) locate and correct errors in a computer program code | - |
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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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| (verb) administer a drug to | Synonyms: dose |
| (verb) use recreational drugs | Synonyms: do drugs |
| 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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| glug | (verb) make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle | - |
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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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| (verb) fit closely or tightly | - |
| (verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, embrace, squeeze |
| 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 |
| (verb) trick or deceive | - |
| jitterbug | (noun) a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s | - |
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| (verb) do the jitterbug | - |
| jug | (noun) a large bottle with a narrow mouth | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a jug | Synonyms: jugful |
| (verb) stew in an earthenware jug | - |
| (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
| 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 |
| (verb) carry with difficulty | Synonyms: tote, tug |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: block, choke up, stuff |
| 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 |
| (verb) To stare awkwardly | - |
| (verb) rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) persist in working hard | Synonyms: plug away |
| (verb) insert as a plug | - |
| (verb) insert a plug into | - |
| (verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal | - |
| (verb) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote | - |
| (verb) deliver a quick blow to | Synonyms: punch |
| (verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | Synonyms: secure, stop up |
| 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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| (verb) raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation | - |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat | Synonyms: slog, swig |
| (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: idle, laze, stagnate |
| smug | (adjective) marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction | Synonyms: self-satisfied |
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| snug | (adjective) enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space | Synonyms: cosy, cozy |
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| (adjective) offering safety; well protected or concealed | - |
| (adjective) fitting closely but comfortably | Synonyms: close-fitting, close |
| (adjective) well and tightly constructed | - |
| (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery |
| 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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| (verb) Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) struggle in opposition | - |
| (verb) pull hard | - |
| (verb) pull or strain hard at | - |
| (verb) move by pulling hard | - |
| (verb) carry with difficulty | Synonyms: lug, tote |
| (verb) tow (a vessel) with a tug | - |
| (verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: drive, labor, labour, push |
| tumblebug | (noun) any of various dung beetles | - |
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| unplug | (verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: disconnect |
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