Definition of bug

noun (n)

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine (noun.state)

  Synonym: glitch
  

  source: wordnet30
• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis (noun.animal)

  Synonym: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
  

  source: wordnet30
• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use (noun.animal)

  Synonym: germ, microbe
  

  source: wordnet30
• A bugbear; anything which terrifies. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• annoy persistently (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease
  

  source: wordnet30
• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information (verb.perception)

  Synonym: intercept, tap, wiretap
  

  Example:
  Is this hotel room bugged?.
  

  source: wordnet30

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