bug

Nouns

• (n) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
• (n) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine glitch,
• (n) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
• (n) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect,
• (n) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use microbe, germ,

Verbs

• (v) annoy persistently
  • The children teased the boy because of his stammer
  badger, beleaguer, pester, tease,
• (v) 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?
  wiretap, intercept, tap,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity