Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling a bug (insect) or some aspect of one; insectlike.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

bug +‎ -like

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word buglike.

Examples

  • Will the enthusiast audience who has been buying the current lineup of zippy, buglike cars step into a Lotus showroom again?

    This Man Wants to Sell You a Lifestyle (Car Included) Kevin Sintumuang 2011

  • And then eventually it is their turn in front of the scrawny attendant, whose buglike eyes view Peter and Helen with suspicion.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • Grimalkin was surprised, but he was not alarmed until large pincers peeled back the hatch and a giant buglike bug-eyed alien plucked him from the flitter's interior as if he was s ome sort of a prize.

    Massage 2010

  • "Are there any buglike forms around here?" he asked the web.

    Falcon Street 2010

  • The giants were all around seven feet tall, with oversize, buglike eyes and fists almost as big as my head.

    Venom Jennifer Estep 2010

  • The giants were all around seven feet tall, with oversize, buglike eyes and fists almost as big as my head.

    Venom Jennifer Estep 2010

  • And then eventually it is their turn in front of the scrawny attendant, whose buglike eyes view Peter and Helen with suspicion.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • And then eventually it is their turn in front of the scrawny attendant, whose buglike eyes view Peter and Helen with suspicion.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • The giants were all around seven feet tall, with oversize, buglike eyes and fists almost as big as my head.

    Venom Jennifer Estep 2010

  • And then eventually it is their turn in front of the scrawny attendant, whose buglike eyes view Peter and Helen with suspicion.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.