Bug
Bug verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.
Scout
Scout verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.
Usage example: the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old bug | old scout |
| good | good bug | good scout |
| female | female bug | female scout |
| certain | certain bug | certain scout |
| Other adjectives: alien, single, simple, small, big, great, unfortunate, evil, little, young, famous, new, useful, flying, random, last, occasional, red, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Starship Troopers had a scene where a scout was grabbed by a flying bug, until Rasczak uses a sniper rifle to kill his own man instead of shooting the bug.
Source: Giant Flyer -
The previous best thing about the reflection that there used to be a bug that stunning a Scout with his own reflected baseball and killing him resulted in him getting a kill assist point for assisting in his own death.
Source: Tennis Boss -
Not Quite Flight: A bunnyhopping-esque bug in the games physics engine allowed tanks with high thrust-to-weight ratios like the Thunderbolt Scout or Jackal Bike to fly hundred meters into the air and hover for quite some time with careful use of the jump and reverse thrusters.
Source: Video Game / Battlezone 1998
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