n. A hobgoblin; a specter; anything terrifying; a bugbear.n. A term loosely applied to many kinds of insects, commonly with certain distinctive additions, as May-bug, lady-bug, land-bugs (Geocorisæ), water-bugs (Hydrocorisæ), etc.n. Especially The Cimex lectularius, the bedbug or house-bug, or any member of this genus or of the family Cimicidæ.n. plural In entomology, the Hemiptera, and especially the heteropterous division of that order.n. An entomostracous crustacean of cursorial habit or bug-like aspect, as an isopod.To hunt for bugs; collect or destroy insects: chiefly in the present participle: as, to go bugging.To bend.Big; threatening.Proud; self-important; pompous; conceited.