Word: Bug
How to pronounce: buːg
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small insect.
Example sentences: "I observed small creatures: ants, bugs, moths, worms, all working their ways, digging in and out of the soil."
2. An insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking.
Example sentences: "The insect families that scientists lump together as aphids belong to the huge order of true bugs, which typically deploy sucking mouthparts much like built-in soda straws."
3. A miniature microphone, typically concealed in a room or telephone, used for surveillance.
Example sentences: "That, according to sources, is a strong indication that it was the FBI's bug and they were the ones that put it there in the first place."
4. An error in a computer program or system.
Example sentences: "Worse, it is theoretically impossible to determine whether computer systems are free from programming bugs or nefarious code."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to monitor or record someone's conversations.
Example sentences: "The telephones in the presidential palace were bugged"
2. Annoy or bother (someone)
Synonyms:
bedbug
beetle
bed bug
insect
chinch
error
glitch
defect
microbe
germ
pester
disturb
bother
tease
trouble
infirmity
irritate
chafe
get
annoy
vex
wiretap
intercept
tap
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Bug in Other Languages...
Spanish: Error
German: Fehler
French: Bogue
Italian: Bug
Turkish: Böcek
