debug

[ dee-buhg ]
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verb (used with object),de·bugged, de·bug·ging.
  1. to detect and remove defects or errors from.

  2. to remove electronic bugs from (a room or building).

  1. Computers. to detect and remove errors from (a computer program).

  2. to rid (a garden, plant, etc.) of insect pests, as by the application of a pesticide.

Origin of debug

1
First recorded in 1940–45; de- + bug1

Other words from debug

  • de·bug·ger, noun

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How to use debug in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for debug

debug

/ (diːˈbʌɡ) informal /


verb-bugs, -bugging or -bugged (tr)
  1. to locate and remove concealed microphones from (a room, etc)

  2. to locate and remove defects in (a device, system, plan, etc)

  1. to remove insects from

noun
    • something, esp a computer program, that locates and removes defects in (a device, system, etc)

    • (as modifier): a debug program

Origin of debug

1
C20: from de- + bug 1

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