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bug
verb(bug)
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Synonyms: intercept, tap, wiretap,
Examples:
Is this hotel room bugged?.
bug
noun(bug)
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Synonyms: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect,
bug
noun(bug)
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
Synonyms: glitch,
bug
noun(bug)
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Synonyms: germ, microbe,
bug
verb(bug)
annoy persistently
Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease,
bug
noun(bug)
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
bug
noun(bug)
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

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