plural of palmetto bug

(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of bugbear

Having bulging or protruding eyes

(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.

Alternative spelling of stinkbug

plural of shield bug

plural of stink bug

(informal, finance) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).

(idiomatic, informal, transitive, dismissal) Used to tell somebody to leave one alone.

(informal, intransitive) To go away.