plural of bug-bear

(US, slang) An apprentice jockey.

(printing) A maker's mark imprinted on a work to show that it is sanctioned by members of a trade union. It is often a tiny elongated rhomboid containing and surrounded by, in minuscule typeface, identifying names and the union's local chapter number.

(US) An artificially fruit-flavored beverage, made from a powdered concentrate and water, that is often served at American residential camps; Kool-Aid or a generic equivalent.

Any of a number of haematophagous bugs belonging to the subfamily Triatominae that feed on the blood of vertebrates, including humans, and which are known for spreading Chagas' disease.

Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.

(slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily. / (slang, intransitive) To abandon someone without warning. / (slang, intransitive) To miss school, play truant, play hooky.

(military, slang) A rapid retreat, a rout.

(informal) Something, such as a germ, that causes intestinal distress (particularly vomiting).

The Jerusalem cricket, various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. / The woodlouse, various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.