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Bug

bʌɡ

Bug definitions
noun
bug bugs
  1. a harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium

    "their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs"

    • an illness caused by a microorganism

      "he'd just recovered from a flu bug"

    • an enthusiastic interest in something

      "they caught the sailing bug"

  2. a small insect

    "a thick green scum which crawls with bugs, centipedes, and worse"

  3. an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking
  4. a concealed miniature microphone, used for secret eavesdropping or recording

    "they cleaned out the bugs and wiretaps"

    listening device hidden microphone receiver transmitter wire wiretap phone tap tap
  5. an error in a computer program or system

    "a custom program we used developed a bug"

verb
bugs bugging bugged bug
  1. conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly

    "their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged"

    • record or listen to (a conversation) using a concealed microphone

      "she fears that her conversations were bugged"

  2. annoy or bother (someone)

    "a persistent reporter was bugging me"

    annoy irritate vex make angry make cross anger exasperate irk gall pique put out displease get/put someone's back up antagonize get on someone's nerves rub up the wrong way ruffle ruffle someone's feathers make someone's hackles rise raise someone's hackles