| NOUN | animal | bug | general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | bug, glitch | a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |
| artifact | bug | a small hidden / hidden microphone | |
| animal | bug, hemipterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base | |
| animal | bug, microbe, germ | a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium) | |
| VERB | emotion | bug, tease, badger, pester, beleaguer | annoy persistently |
| perception | bug, wiretap, tap, intercept | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
| Sounds | bah'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bedbug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg... | |
| Meaning | general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | bicho, insecto | |
| Adjectives | buggy | infested with bugs |
| Meaning | A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | glitch | |
| Broader | defect, fault, flaw | An imperfection in an object or machine |
| Spanish | error, fallo, interferencia | |
| Catalan | error | |
| Meaning | A small hidden / hidden microphone; for listening secretly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | microphone, mike, mic | device for converting sound waves into electrical energy |
| Spanish | chinche | |
| Verbs | bug | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
| Meaning | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | hemipterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron | |
| Member of | Hemiptera, order Hemiptera | plant bugs |
| Narrower | backswimmer, Notonecta undulata | predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites |
| bedbug, bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius | bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood | |
| coreid bug, coreid | A true bug | |
| leaf bug, plant bug | small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices | |
| lygaeid, lygaeid bug | A true bug | |
| true bug | Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera | |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | chinche, hemíptero, hemipteron | |
| Catalan | hemípter, hemipteron | |
| Meaning | A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | microbe, germ | |
| Broader | microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
| Spanish | germen, microbio | |
| Catalan | microbi, microorganisme | |
| Meaning | annoy persistently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They bug him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | tease, badger, pester, beleaguer | |
| Broader | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly |
| Spanish | acosar, atormentar, burlar, hostigar, importunar, joder, jorobar, molestar | |
| Catalan | assetjar, atabuixar, burlar, cansar, empaitar, esgotar, fastiguejar, fatigar, molestar | |
| Meaning | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They want to bug the prisoners | |
| Example | "Is this hotel room bugged?" | |
| Synonyms | wiretap, tap, intercept | |
| Broader | listen in, eavesdrop | listen without the speaker's knowledge |
| Spanish | interceptar, intervenir, pinchar | |
| Catalan | interceptar | |
| Nouns | bug | a small hidden / hidden microphone |
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