antibug

adj

Etymology

From anti- + bug.

  1. derived from *buddô
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-
  5. derived from *bugja-
  6. derived from bugge
  7. prefixed as antibug — “anti + bug

Definitions

  1. Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).

    • The vegetables when they started to grow in this plot seemed pretty sickly until one day a group of medical students doused them with antibug powder...
    • Use it with an antibug candle and it wards off pests while it lights your patio.
    • Replace your outdoor porch lights with antibug lights, which have a special yellow coating...
  2. Serving to counteract bugs (audio or audiovisual surveillance devices).

    • antibug measures
    • The infinity mike and the harmonica bug have the great advantage of being undetectable by an antibug detector.
    • Also, bugs are subject to malfunction and discovery, especially as sophisticated antibug devices have been developed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antibug. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA