bug-a-boo
English
/ˈbʌɡəbuː/
noun
Definitions
- A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.
- Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.
Etymology
Compound from English bug (especially in computing, A problem that needs fixing, enthusiast, something terrifying) + English a (on, in, without, not, at, preposition, change to, or of, in such a manner, towards, in such a state, in the act of, in the direction of, in such a state condition, of, to, for)+ English boo.
Origin
English
boo
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tilt-A-Whirl English
- a English
- abecedism English
- alee English
- antibug English
- apiece English
- armadillo bug English
- bedbug English
- boo English
- booable English
- booer English
- bug English
- bug zapper English
- bugbane English
- bugbear English
- bugdom English
- bugfix English
- bugfree English
- bugfucker English
- buggable English
- buggee English
- bughouse English
- bugkind English
- bugless English
- buglike English
- bugmail English
- bugnuts English
- bugology English
- bugproof English
- bugsome English
- bugwood English
- bugwort English
- cuddle bug English
- debug English
- doodlebug English
- firebug English
- greenbug English
- honeybug English
- hornbug English
- jitterbug English
- ladybug English
- litterbug English
- lovebug English
- mealybug English
- mudbug English
- ne'er a English
- no English
- peekaboo English
- puss in a bag English
- rackarock English
- redbug English
- scarebug English
- shutterbug English
- slugabug English
- snugglebug English
- sowbug English
- spitbug English
- spittlebug English
- stinkbug English
- superbug English
- thunderbug English
- tumblebug English
- workaday English
- bug Dutch, Flemish
- bug French
- buguer French
- баг Russian
- bug Portuguese
- バグ Japanese
- bugge Middle English
- باگ Persian
- เอ Thai
- bògas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- באג Hebrew (modern)
- 버그 Korean
- a
- no
- bug
- boo
- alee
- debug
- booer
- mudbug
- bugfix
- buggee
- sowbug
- apiece
- bedbug
- redbug
- bugdom
- bugsome
- bugbane
- bugbear
- bugfree
- bugwood
- bugkind
- lovebug
- buglike
- spitbug
- bugmail
- firebug
- ladybug
- ne'er a
- bugless
- antibug
- bugnuts
- bugwort
- hornbug
- booable
- peekaboo
- stinkbug
- superbug
- scarebug
- slugabug
- bugology
- workaday
- bugproof
- greenbug
- mealybug
- honeybug
- buggable
- bughouse
- bugfucker
- doodlebug
- litterbug
- abecedism
- jitterbug
- tumblebug
- rackarock
- snugglebug
- cuddle bug
- shutterbug
- spittlebug
- thunderbug
- bug zapper
- Tilt-A-Whirl
- armadillo bug
- puss in a bag