bug
/bəɡ/
noun
- a small insect.synonyms: insect, flea, mite, midge, creepy-crawly, beastie, minibeast
- an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking.
- a miniature microphone, typically concealed in a room or telephone, used for surveillance.synonyms: listening device, hidden microphone, receiver, transmitter, wire, wiretap, phone tap, tap, bugging device
- an error in a computer program or system.synonyms: fault, error, defect, flaw, imperfection, failing, breakdown, virus, glitch, gremlin, snarl-up
verb
- conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to monitor or record someone's conversations."their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged"
- annoy or bother (someone)."a persistent reporter was bugging me"synonyms: 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, enrage, infuriate, madden, make someone's blood boil, drive to distraction, goad, provoke, aggravate, peeve, hassle, miff, rile, nettle, needle, get, get to, hack off, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get someone's goat, rattle someone's cage, drive mad/crazy, drive around the bend, drive up the wall, make someone see red, wind up, nark, get across, get on someone's wick, get up someone's nose, give someone the hump, tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out, rark, give someone the pip, get someone's dander up, exacerbate, hump, rasp, piss off, get on someone's tits
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bug verb [T] (HIDE DEVICE). to place or hide a listening device inside something: often passive She suspected that her phone had been bugged.
Bug or BUG may refer to: Contents. 1 Common uses; 2 Arts, entertainment and media. 2.1 Fictional entities; 2.2 Film and television; 2.3 Gaming; 2.4 Music.
Insects
Animal
Insects are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Insecta
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta; Linnaeus, 1758
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
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A bug is an insect. You might refuse to go camping because of your intense dislike for bugs. Bug can also be a verb meaning "annoy." Most likely, bugs bug you.