"bug up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bug up.wav Forms: bugs up [present, singular, third-person], bugging up [participle, present], bugged up [participle, past], bugged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bug up (third-person singular simple present bugs up, present participle bugging up, simple past and past participle bugged up)
  1. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To deliberately annoy or irk someone; to deliberately start a conflict with someone. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-bug_up-en-verb-dDN-Tk81 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. (transitive) To install a bug (listening device) on a person, thing or place. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bug_up-en-verb-nGTQcATI
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        "(transitive) To install a bug (listening device) on a person, thing or place."
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