ANTIBUG | • antibug adj. Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects). • antibug adj. Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices). • ANTIBUG adj. effective against bugs. |
BEARHUG | • bearhug n. Alternative spelling of bear hug. • bearhug v. (Transitive) To embrace in a bear hug. • bear␣hug n. Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male. |
BILLBUG | • billbug n. (US) weevil. • BILLBUG n. a weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. |
EARPLUG | • earplug n. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer’s hearing from… • earplug v. (Transitive) To fit with earplugs. • EARPLUG n. a plug for the ear. |
FIREBUG | • firebug n. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae. • firebug n. (Slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist. • FIREBUG n. an arsonist. |
GOLDBUG | • goldbug n. Alternative form of gold bug. • gold␣bug n. (Informal, finance) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal). • gold␣bug n. (Informal, economics) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard. |
HORNBUG | • hornbug n. (Dated) Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper… • HORNBUG n. a stag-beetle. |
LADYBUG | • ladybug n. (North America) Synonym of ladybird. • lady-bug n. Alternative spelling of ladybug. • LADYBUG n. a small beetle, also LADYBIRD, LADYCOW, LADYFLY. |
LOVEBUG | • lovebug n. An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae). • lovebug n. (Informal) A person who is in love; a sweetheart. • LOVEBUG n. a small black fly that swarms along highways. |
NONDRUG | • nondrug n. Any substance that is not a drug. • nondrug adj. Not of or pertaining to drugs. • NONDRUG adj. not involving drugs. |
PILLBUG | • pillbug n. Alternative spelling of pill bug. • pill␣bug n. (US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice… • PILLBUG n. a wood louse that can roll itself into a ball. |
PRODRUG | • prodrug n. (Pharmacology) A drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into… • prodrug adj. In favour of recreational drugs. • PRODRUG n. an inactive chemical substance that becomes an active drug in the body. |
QUAHAUG | • quahaug n. (Dated) Alternative form of quahog (“edible hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, used in chowders”). • quahaug v. (Dated) Alternative form of quahog. • QUAHAUG n. (Native American) a kind of clam, also COHOG, QUAHOG, QUOHOG. |
TAUTAUG | • tautaug n. Alternative form of tautog. • TAUTAUG n. (Native American) a labroid fish of the North American coast, also TAUTOG. |