bugs

[ buhgz ]
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adjectiveSlang.
  1. crazy; insane.

Origin of bugs

1
First recorded in 1920–25; see origin at bug1, -s3

Words Nearby bugs

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How to use bugs in a sentence

  • A few days later she was prouder still when they scampered this way and that, pecking at little bugs and ants.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • He walked around in his lordly way, cocking his eye at his little yellow sons and daughters as they chased the fat little bugs.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • "Better than grubbing for bugs in the dirty earth, this nice clean cool water," quacked he, and he was as happy as happy could be.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • What with all the foreigners and the rotten weather and the bugs—thought I'd never get into the swing.

  • But why not think of it when I was dying of suffocation; when the air was filled with gnats, and my bed with bugs?