Definitions for bug
Overview of noun bug
The noun bug has 5 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bug
(general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate)
2. bug, glitch
(a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine)
3. bug
(a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly)
4. hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron
(insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)
5. microbe, bug, germ
(a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)
Overview of verb bug
The verb bug has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
(annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer")
2. wiretap, tap, intercept, bug
(tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?")






