BUG

/bʌɡ/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 9

Definition

  1. verb annoy persistently. — synonyms: tease, badger, pester, beleaguer
  2. verb tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information. — synonyms: wiretap, tap, intercept
  3. noun general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
  4. noun a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine. — synonyms: glitch
  5. noun a small hidden microphone.
  6. noun insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base. — synonyms: hemipterous_insect, hemipteran, hemipteron
  7. noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium). — synonyms: microbe, germ

Examples

  • “These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”
  • “The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.”
  • “He’s got the flu bug.”

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