Past tense of bug
regular verb
The past tense of bug is bugged. The past participle is also bugged.
Forms of bug
| Base form (V1) | bug /bʌɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bugged /bʌɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bugged /bʌɡd/ |
| Present participle | bugging /ˈbʌɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bugs /bʌɡz/ |
Bugged in a sentence
- I well remember the combination of excitement and apprehension with which I tentatively entered my first "rap." My eyes bugged open.1979 April 28, Lois H. Johnson, “Ten Years of Boston DOB: A Personal Memoir”, in Gay Community News, page 8
- I won't speak candidly since I don't know if her apartment is bugged or not.From the entry bugged
- It's time I bugged out of this town: it ain't safe no more.From the entry bug out
- That NPC bugged out and killed my run.From the entry run
- The latest version of the software is extremely bugged.From the entry bugged
Meaning of bug
- noun An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- noun Any motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.
- noun Any minibeast.
Questions about the past tense of bug
- What is the past tense of bug?
- The past tense of bug is bugged.
- What is the past participle of bug?
- The past participle of bug is bugged.
- Is bug a regular or irregular verb?
- Bug is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bug (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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