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?")

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