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bugged

/bʌɡd/

bugged is the simple past and past participle of bug.

Adjective

bugged (comparative more bugged, superlative most bugged)

  1. Affected by a bug (computer error).
    • The latest version of the software is extremely bugged.
    Synonyms:
    buggy
  2. Containing a bug (interceptive listening device).
    • I won't speak candidly since I don't know if her apartment is bugged or not.

Meaning of bug

Verb

bug (third-person singular simple present bugs, present participle bugging, simple past and past participle bugged)

  1. (informal, transitive) To annoy.
    • Don’t bug me, I’m busy!
  2. (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
    • I'm worried about Wallace. He's been buggin' all week.
  3. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
    • We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.
    Synonyms:
    wire
  4. (intransitive) To bulge or protrude.
    • I well remember the combination of excitement and apprehension with which I tentatively entered my first "rap." My eyes bugged open. There must have been 25 women in the room. I don't think I had ever seen so many lesbians all together in one place before.1979 April 28, Lois H. Johnson, “Ten Years of Boston DOB: A Personal Memoir”, in Gay Community News, page 8
  5. (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
    • You (or the autopilot) are still steering to the bugged heading […]1996 April 5, Tom Horne, “Engage FD, and follow the bars”, in AOPA Turbine Pilot

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Synonyms of bugged

Forms of bugged

comparativemore bugged
superlativemost bugged

Words formed from bugged

Phrases with bugged

Words that rhyme with bugged

Questions about bugged

What does bugged mean?
Bugged means affected by a bug (computer error).
What is bugged the simple past and past participle of?
Bugged is the simple past and past participle of bug.
What part of speech is bugged?
Bugged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bugged?
Bugged is pronounced /bʌɡd/.

Words near bugged in the dictionary

  1. buggable
  2. buggalow
  3. buggalows
  4. Buggass
  5. Buggasses
  6. bugged
  7. bugged down
  8. bugged in
  9. bugged off
  10. bugged out
  11. bugged up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bugged (page history and authors); bug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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