Definition of Bugging

1. Verb. (present participle of bug#Verb bug) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bugging

1. bug [v] - See also: bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bugging

buggerhead
buggeries
buggerin'
buggering
buggering off
buggering up
buggers
buggers off
buggier
buggies
buggiest
buggin
bugginess
bugginesses
bugging (current term)
bugging out
buggings
buggins
buggy
buggy whip
bughouse
bughouse chess
bughouses
bugle
bugle call
bugled
bugler
buglers
bugles

Literary usage of Bugging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"This bugging operation is begun early in the morning, usually by five o'clock. The first exploration with the bugging-machine is made within a week after ..."

2. Cotton: Its Preparation, Transportation and Marketing by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1913)
"... marking, bugging, and everything you can think of— toward the betterment of the bale, and this year there will be more improvement than ever before, ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Our evidence shows it used in the same sort of general publications the electronic bug is found in: Of course, academics and television have been bugging ..."

4. Unceasing Abuses: Human Rights in Mexico One Year After the Introduction of by Ellen L. Lutz (1991)
"17 The Americas Watch condemned the bugging in an April 18, 1991 press release. ... To date, there have been no arrests for the bugging. ..."

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